CVE-2017-4915 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2017-4915

VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via...

7.8 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

VMware

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Affected Software

Workstation Pro/Player

Vulnerable Versions:

All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6

Timeline

Official Publish: May 22nd, 2017

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.