CVE-2017-4915 - VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driv

CVE-2017-4915

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

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.2 (as of 03-10-2019 - 00:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-863

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bid	98566
confirm	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html
exploit-db	42045
sectrack	1038525

Last major update

03-10-2019 - 00:03

Published

22-05-2017 - 14:29

Last modified

03-10-2019 - 00:03