VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-4915

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Primary references