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CVE-2017-4915
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files. Successful…
High7.8EPSS 5.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to escalate their privileges to root in a Linux host machine.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Privilege Escalation
- CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-863 and its CVEs
Affected products
VMware · Workstation Pro/Player
- affected All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6
References (4)
- 98566 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038525 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42045 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
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