CVE-2017-4915
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-4915- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-4915- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14032 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14032- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g6g4-xjv3-4fxg
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound...
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.
- Record
GHSA-g6g4-xjv3-4fxg- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | VMware Workstation for Linux 12.5.2 build-4638234 - ALSA Configuration Host Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-05-22 |
| Exploit-DB | VMware Workstation/Player < 12.5.5 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2018-12-30 |
| Metasploit | VMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-05-22 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-4915 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Vmware Workstation Pro/player, published May 22, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.41%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.