CVE-2017-4915

VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files

published May 22, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05413 · 92.7th percentile
Published
2017-05-22T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 MAY 14:00Z
    VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files
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