Vulnerability CVE-2017-4915
Published: 2017-05-22

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
VMWare Workstation On Linux Privilege Escalation
jannh
23.05.2017
High
VMware Workstation for Linux 12.5.2 build-4638234 ALSA Config Host Root Privilege Escalation
Google Security ...
23.05.2017
Med.
VMware Workstation/Player < 12.5.5 Local Privilege Escalation
29.07.2019

Type:

CWE-863

 (Incorrect Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Vmware -> Workstation pro 
Vmware -> Workstation player 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html
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