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 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.

Published: 2015-07-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3650 is rated Moderate Risk (41.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3650

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.13% 0.46% +0.33%
2 2025-06-15 0.04% 0.13% +0.09%
3 2025-06-01 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3650

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3650

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3650

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware player 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 10.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware horizon_view_client 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_client:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware horizon_view_client 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_client:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3650

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