{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-fgmh-44jq-vhhq",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:45:58Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:45:58Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-4898"
  ],
  "details": "VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs due to the \"vmware-vmx\" process loading DLLs from a path defined in the local environment-variable. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow normal users to escalate privileges to System in the host machine where VMware Workstation is installed.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4898"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96772"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-06-07T18:29:00Z"
  }
}