cvelist/2017/4xxx/CVE-2017-4941.json

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        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2017-12-19T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2017-4941",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
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                                "version": {
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                                        {
                                            "version_value": "6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "Workstation",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "12.x before 12.5.8"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "Fusion",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "8.x before 8.5.9"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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                    },
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Stack overflow via authenticated VNC session"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html"
            },
            {
                "name": "1040025",
                "refsource": "SECTRACK",
                "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040025"
            },
            {
                "name": "1040024",
                "refsource": "SECTRACK",
                "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040024"
            }
        ]
    }
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