gsd-2017-4915
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
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