Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware products

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in VMware products. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause privelege escalation, cross site scripting and arbitrary code execution.

1. A vulnerability, related with using VNC can be exploited remotely via sending specipic VNC packets to execute arbitrary code;
2. A vulnerability in ESXi Host Client component can be exploited remotely to perform cross site scripting;
3. A vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance can be exploited remotely gain privileges.

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Technical details

Vulnerability (1) is affected VMvare Workstation, VMvare Fusion and VMvare ESXi products

Vulnerability (3) is affected VMware ESXi

Vulnerability (3) is affected VMware vCenter Server Appliance

NB: This vulnerability does not have any public CVSS rating, so rating can be changed by the time.

Original advisories

• VMSA-2017-0015.2

Related products

• VMware-Workstation
• VMware-Fusion
• VMware-vCenter-Server

CVE list

• CVE-2017-4933
  high
• CVE-2017-4940
  warning
• CVE-2017-4941
  high
• CVE-2017-4943
  high

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