CVE detail
CVE-2017-4933
VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), 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 heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. 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.
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Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
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VMware has released security updates to address four vulnerabilities in its ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), Workstation and Fusion products. The flaws were addressed with the release of six patches for ESXi, version 12.5.8 of Workstation, version 8.5.9 of Fusion, and version 6.5 U1d of vCSA. Some of the flaws could be exploited by an attacker […]
newssecurityaffairs.comDec 21, 2017, 12:06 PMVMware has released patches and updates for its ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), Workstation and Fusion products to address a total of four vulnerabilities, including ones that can be exploited for arbitrary code execution.
newswww.securityweek.comDec 20, 2017, 1:21 PM
Exploit code
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