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CVE-2017-4915

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

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.

Affected products

• VMware Workstation Player: 12.0.0
• VMware Workstation Pro: 12.0.0
• VMware Workstation Pro/Player: from All 12.x versions prior through version 12.5.6

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html

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