CVE-2015-3650

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

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

VMware Horizon View Client: 5.4, 5.4.1
VMware Player: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 6.0 (+8)
VMware Workstation: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5 (+3)

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032822
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032823
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.html
https://www.nettitude.co.uk/vmware-multiple-products-privilege-escalation/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032822
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032823
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0005.html
https://www.nettitude.co.uk/vmware-multiple-products-privilege-escalation/

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