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GHSA-fgmh-44jq-vhhq

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs due to the "vmware-vmx" process loading DLLs from a path defined in the local environment-variable. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow normal users to escalate privileges to System in the host machine where VMware Workstation is installed.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-fgmh-44jq-vhhq
Published
May 13, 2022 1:45 AM
Last Modified
May 13, 2022 1:45 AM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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