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CVE-2017-4915

CVE-2017-4915

EPSS 5.4%
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.
Affected products
VMware · Workstation Pro/Player
public PoCs found — 3
cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/47171unverified
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References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525