VMware Workstation (14.x and 12.x) and Fusion (10.x and 8.x) contain a guest access control vulnerability. This issue may allow program execution via Unity on locked Windows VMs. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.2.0 for each VM to resolve CVE-2017-4945. VMware Tools 10.2.0 is consumed by Workstation 14.1.0 and Fusion 10.1.0 by default.

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-4945

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-8xhx-57h6-9j99

Published

May 13, 2022 1:45 AM

Last Modified

May 13, 2022 1:45 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 16, 2025 6:25 AM

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