PT-2017-16200 · Vmware · Vmware Workstation Player+1

Published 2017-05-22 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2017-4916

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation Pro/Player (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the vstor2 driver. This vulnerability can be exploited by host users with normal user privileges, potentially leading to a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-4916

Affected Products

Vmware Workstation

Vmware Workstation Player

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42140 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4916 · Vendor Advisory
• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4916 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98560 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038526 · Note