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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0003) (CVE-2023-20854)

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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0003) (CVE-2023-20854)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/27/2023
Created
03/01/2023
Added
02/27/2023
Modified
02/28/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-17_0_1

References

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