CVE-2017-4915 (GCVE-0-2017-4915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-22 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
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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.
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VMware Workstation Pro/Player Affected: All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6
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