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CVE-2017-4915

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.

Published

2017-05-22T14:29:00.183

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-863

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	workstation_player	12.0.0	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation_pro	12.0.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/ ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)