Vulnerability CVE-2018-6957
Published: 2018-03-15

Description:
VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.5/10
2.9/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Vmware -> Fusion 
Vmware -> Workstation player 
Vmware -> Workstation pro 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103431
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040539
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0008.html
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