cve-2017-4915
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-22 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:47
Severity ?
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
security@vmware.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
VMwareWorkstation Pro/Player
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