CVE-2017-4915
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 22, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 26, 2016
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
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Workstation Pro/PlayerVMware |
|
References
- 98566vdb-entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html
- 1038525vdb-entry
- 42045exploit
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