CVE-2015-3650

high

Description

vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.

References

https://www.nettitude.co.uk/vmware-multiple-products-privilege-escalation/

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032823

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032822

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-07-10

Updated: 2016-12-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High