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CVE-2017-4915

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.

  • Published: May 22, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-4915
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / workstation_player 12.0.0 12.0.0.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.0.0 12.0.0.x