CVE-2023-20854

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.4HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Vmware Workstation
Timeline
PublishedFeb 3

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 5.8

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware_workstationVMware Workstation (17.x prior to 17.0.1)

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2023-20854: VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability↗2023-02-03
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GHSA
GHSA-q2j8-g836-9cv5: VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability↗2023-02-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware Workstation update addresses an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability (CVE-2023-20854)↗2023-02-02
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CVE-2023-20854 (HIGH CVSS 8.4) | VMware Workstation contains an arbi | cvebase.io