CVE-2017-4915
First published: Mon May 22 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@vmware.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Workstation Player | =12.0.0 | |
| VMware Workstation Pro | =12.0.0 | |
| Linux Linux kernel |
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