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GHSA-Q2J8-G836-9CV5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-03 21:30 – Updated: 2023-02-15 18:30

Details

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.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-20854 (GCVE-0-2023-20854)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-26 14:05

Summary

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-26 14:03 UTC

CWE

Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

vmware CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 228 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	VMware Workstation	Affected: VMware Workstation (17.x prior to 17.0.1)

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