QID 376422

Date Published: 2022-02-17

QID 376422: VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)

VMware Workstation, Fusion is a hosted hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems.

Affected Versions:
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x prior to 16.2.1
VMware Workstation Player 16.x prior to 16.2.1
VMware Fusion prior to 12.x prior to 12.2.1

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable versions of Workstation and Fusion .exe file.

A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6 severity.

Solution

Vmware has released patch for VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion.

Refer to VMware advisory VMSA-2022-0004 for more information.

Vendor References

VMSA-2022-0004 - www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html

CVEs related to QID 376422

CVE-2021-22040 | CVE-2021-22041 | CVE-2021-22042 | CVE-2021-22043 | CVE-2021-22050 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
VMSA-2022-0004			www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html

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