VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-4915
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 5.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.41% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- vmware/workstation player · vmware/workstation pro
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.