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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0006) (CVE-2024-22253)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0006) (CVE-2024-22253)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/05/2024
Created
04/26/2024
Added
04/25/2024
Modified
04/25/2024

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. 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. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-17_5_1

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