CVE-2017-4901

highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.199 · 97 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

19.9% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

22 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.9

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.9criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.1 · impact 6

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.09.4criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-47714VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine EscapePoC · exploit_db

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion≤ 8.x prior to 8.5.5.enisa_euvdEU
VMware Workstation Pro/Player≤ 12.x prior to 12.5.4enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMWare Workstation12.0 → 12.5.4fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Fusion8.0 → 8.5.5fstec_bduRU
vmware fusion= 8.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 8.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-06-08modified 2026-06-17

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