CVE-2017-4939

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.013 · 71 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.34% (71st) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) installer contains a DLL hijacking issue that exists due to some DLL files loaded by the application improperly. This issue may allow an attacker to load a DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USprimary

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Workstation≤ 12.x before 12.5.8enisa_euvdEU
vmware workstation= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 12.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-11-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

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