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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 VM…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwarePlayer
Versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 6.0
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5
VmwareHorizon View Client
Versions 5.4, 5.4.1

Weakness classification

CWE-284

References