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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2017-4915 json

VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains an insecure library loading vulnerability via ALSA sound driver configuration files.

published 2017-05-22 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14032

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/local/vmware_alsa_config)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/local/vmware_alsa_config VMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2017-05-22
  • EDB-47171 VMware Workstation/Player < 12.5.5 - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2018-12-30
  • EDB-42045 VMware Workstation for Linux 12.5.2 build-4638234 - ALSA Configuration Host Local Privilege Escalation local, 2017-05-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • VMware Workstation Pro/Player

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.