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CVE-2015-3650

vmware-vmx.exe in VMware Workstation 7.x through 10.x before 10.0.7 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges by injecting a thread.

CVSS 7.2 · HighBuzz score 17.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 17.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
11.0
2 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

Source links by recency

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2 source links · newest first
  • VMware Patches Privilege Escalation Bug in Workstation, Player, Horizon ViewSecurityWeek

    VMware has released software updates for several of its products to address a vulnerability that can be exploited to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected systems.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 10, 2015, 10:37 AM
  • VMware fixes host privilege escalation bug in Workstation, Player, Horizon ViewHelp Net Security

    VMware has issued software updates for VMware Workstation, Player, and Horizon View Client for Windows, which fix relatively serious a host privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2015-3650).Reported by Kyriakos Economou, vulnerability researcher at Nettitude, the bug is the result of VMware Workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for Windows not setting a discretionary access control list (DACL) for one of their processes.“This may allow a local attacker to elevate their privileges and execute code in the security … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 10, 2015, 4:42 AM

Exploit code

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