Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2017-4938 First vendor Publication 2017-11-17
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 6.5
Base Score 6.5 Environmental Score 6.5
impact SubScore 4 Temporal Score 6.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 2
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Changed Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4938

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 14
Application 12

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-11-29 Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host i...
File : macosx_fusion_vmsa_2017_0018.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-29 Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote host is affected by mult...
File : vmware_horizon_view_client_vmsa_2017_0018.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-29 Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected...
File : vmware_workstation_win_vmsa_2017_0018.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html
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Date Informations
2024-11-28 13:07:06
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2021-05-04 13:01:54
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2021-04-22 02:15:26
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2020-05-23 01:00:36
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2017-12-04 21:22:59
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2017-11-30 13:23:42
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2017-11-22 09:22:07
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2017-11-19 12:04:23
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2017-11-17 17:21:37
  • First insertion