7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-4915
VMware Workstation Pro/Player ALSA Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 22, 2017, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-4915 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-4915 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware workstation_pro
2 Vmware workstation_player
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-4915.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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lnick2023/nicenice

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
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Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.
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bcoles/local-exploits

Various local exploits

linux local exploit root local-exploits

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Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
133 stars 54 fork 54 watcher
Born at : Dec. 30, 2018, 2:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.
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thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

None

Python

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
9 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 30, 2017, 2:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 1269 different CVEs too.
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qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

awesome cve poc

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-4915 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-4915 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-863
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42045/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038525 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html No Types Assigned https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 25, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98566 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-4915 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-4915 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.00%

score

0.41686

percentile

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