CVE-2017-4915

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-4915
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-22T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4915
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4915
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:09:33 2017-05-22T14:29Z 2017-05-22T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:09:33 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:09:33 Modified Vulnerability Status updated