Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-4941

VMware ESXi (6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible in ESXi, VNC must be manually enabled in a virtual machine's .vmx configuration file. In addition, ESXi must be configured to allow VNC traffic through the built-in firewall.
Published 2017-12-20 15:29:00
Updated 2022-02-03 19:47:11
Source VMware
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2017-4941

Threat overview for CVE-2017-4941

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2017-4941
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 443
IPs affected by CVE-2017-4941 6,484
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-4941

EPSS FAQ
0.41%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 74 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-4941

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.8
6.4
 NIST
8.8
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-4941

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2017-4941

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