Full title: VMware Workstation - ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation Exploit 
Category: local exploits
Platform: linux
This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in VMware Workstation Pro and Player on Linux which allows users to escalate their privileges by using an ALSA configuration file to load and execute a shared object as root when launching a virtual machine with an attached sound card. This Metasploit module has been tested successfully on VMware Player version 12.5.0 on Debian Linux.

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