CVE-2017-4915

highpriority · track · 43OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

5.41% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.6highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/local/vmware_alsa_configVMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalationweaponized · metasploit
EDB-42045VMware Workstation for Linux 12.5.2 build-4638234 - ALSA Configuration Host Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-47171VMware Workstation/Player < 12.5.5 - Local Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Workstation Pro/Player≤ All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6enisa_euvdEU
vmware workstation player= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation pro= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-05-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

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