SB2017031506 - Privilege escalation in VMware
Published: March 15, 2017 Updated: March 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017031506
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4901)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the guest system.The weakness exists due to an out-of-bounds memory access in the drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation and Fusion. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.