CVE-2017-4945

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    CVE-2017-4945

    Published: 5 Jan 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: VMware Workstation (14.x and 12.x) and Fusion (10.x and 8.x) contain a guest access control vulnerability. This issue may allow program execution via Unity on locked Windows VMs. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.2.0 for each VM to resolve CVE-2017-4945. VMware Tools 10.2.0 is consumed by Workstation 14.1.0 and Fusion 10.1.0 by default.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040109, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136, https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High