### [CVE-2017-4898](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4898)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Workstation%20Pro%2FPlayer&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=DLL%20Hijack&color=brighgreen)

### Description

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs due to the "vmware-vmx" process loading DLLs from a path defined in the local environment-variable. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow normal users to escalate privileges to System in the host machine where VMware Workstation is installed.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ivildeed/vmw_vmx_overloader