Vulnerability CVE-2017-4925
Published: 2017-09-15

Description:
VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG, ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201706101-SG, ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation (12.x before 12.5.3), Fusion (8.x before 8.5.4) contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. This issue occurs when handling guest RPC requests. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Vmware -> Fusion 
Vmware -> Workstation pro 
Vmware -> ESXI 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100842
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039367
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039368
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html
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