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CVE-2017-4915

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 5.41% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2017-4915
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
5.41%
VMware VMWare Linux

Original NVD 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.