CVE-2015-3650
vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- vmware/player · vmware/workstation · vmware/horizon view client
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032822
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032823
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nettitude.co.uk/vmware-multiple-products-privilege-escalation/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032822
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032823
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nettitude.co.uk/vmware-multiple-products-privilege-escalation/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.