Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2017-4915 (CCN-126238) | ||||||||||||
Assigned: | 2016-12-26 | ||||||||||||
Published: | 2017-05-18 | ||||||||||||
Updated: | 2019-10-03 | ||||||||||||
Summary: | 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 v3 Severity: | 7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 7.2 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
7.8 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
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CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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Vulnerability Type: | CWE-863 | ||||||||||||
Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||||||
References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2017-4915 Source: BID Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry 98566 Source: CCN Type: BID-98566 Multiple VMware Workstation Products DLL Loading Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Source: SECTRACK Type: UNKNOWN 1038525 Source: CCN Type: VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2017-0009 VMware Workstation update addresses multiple security issues Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN workstation-cve20174915-priv-esc(126238) Source: CCN Type: Packet Storm Security [01-05-2018] VMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation Source: EXPLOIT-DB Type: UNKNOWN 42045 Source: EXPLOIT-DB Type: EXPLOIT Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-05-2018] Source: CONFIRM Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html | ||||||||||||
Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||||||
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