CVE-2022-22983

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Last Modified on: 08/15/2022 08:47:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-22983

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Certain versions of Workstation from Vmware contain the following vulnerability:

VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.2.4) contains an unprotected storage of credentials vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges to the victim machine may exploit this vulnerability leading to the disclosure of user passwords of the remote server connected through VMware Workstation.

  • CVE-2022-22983 has been assigned by URL Logo [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 5.9 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
LOCAL LOW LOW REQUIRED
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
CHANGED HIGH NONE NONE

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
VMSA-2022-0023 www.vmware.com
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 URL Logo MISC www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.html
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Related QID Numbers

  • 376853 VMware Workstation Unprotected Storage of Credentials Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0023)

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationVmwareWorkstationAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

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