VMware ESXi (6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible in ESXi, VNC must be manually enabled in a virtual machine's .vmx configuration file. In addition, ESXi must be configured to allow VNC traffic through the built-in firewall.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040024 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040025 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2017-12-19T00:00:00

Updated: 2017-12-21T10:57:01

Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-4941

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-12-20T15:29:00.297

Modified: 2022-02-03T19:47:10.903


Link: CVE-2017-4941

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