QID 377966

Date Published: 2023-02-17

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

VMware Workstation 17.x contain a arbitrary file deletion vulnerability (CVE-2023-20854).

Affected Versions:
VMware Workstation 17.x

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable versions of VMware Workstation.

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.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.4 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

Vendor has released patch addressing the vulnerability, for more information please refer to VMSA-2023-0003

Vendor References

VMSA-2023-0003 - www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html

CVEs related to QID 377966

CVE-2023-20854 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
VMSA-2023-0003			www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html

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