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CVE-2017-4915
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-22T14:29:00.183 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:19:33.313

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.

Affected products

vmware — workstation_player

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References

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