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vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 10, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Apr 12, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(13th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-3650

GHSA ID

GHSA-c3fp-4gq7-m24g

Source code

No known source code

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