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.
problem types: Privilege Escalation
affected:
{
product: Workstation Pro/Player
vendor: VMware
versions:
status: affected, version: All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6
}