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.
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
User Interaction None
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Apple |
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Vmware |
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Configuration 1 [-]
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Configuration 2 [-]
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Configuration 3 [-]
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Configuration 4 [-]
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References
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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 |
History
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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-12-20T15:29:00.297
Modified: 2022-02-03T19:47:10.903
Link: CVE-2017-4941
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE