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.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
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
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
Affected Vendors & Products
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History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2017-12-20T15:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T17:58:23.789Z
Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-4941
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-20T15:29:00.297
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:26:42.893
Link: CVE-2017-4941
Redhat
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