CVE-2023-20854

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-20854
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-02-03 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-15 15:49:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim's machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 17.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2023-0003 MISC www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377966 VMware Workstation Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0003)

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