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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0018) (CVE-2024-38811)

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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0018) (CVE-2024-38811)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/03/2024
Created
09/07/2024
Added
09/06/2024
Modified
09/19/2024

Description

VMware Fusion (13.x before 13.6) contains a code-execution vulnerability due to the usage of an insecure environment variable. A malicious actor with standard user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the Fusion application.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-fusion-upgrade-13_6_0

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