CVE-2017-4915
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files. Successful exploitation of this...
- Published
- May 22, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Evidence observed
- May 22, 2017
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 92.5%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
modules/exploits/linux/local/vmware_alsa_config.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Linux($.exploit_linux/local/vmware_alsa_config.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_linux/local/vmware_alsa_config.check)
- local-exploitsExploit
Various local exploits
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