CVE-2017-4945

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5) in vmware. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2018-01-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:fusion
vmware:workstation

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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441

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