cve-2023-20854
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-03 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 09:14
Severity ?
Summary
VMware 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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Workstation Version: VMware Workstation (17.x prior to 17.0.1)
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