fkie_cve-2022-22983
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2022-08-10 20:15
Modified
2024-11-21 06:47
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.2.4) contains an unprotected storage of credentials vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges to the victim machine may exploit this vulnerability leading to the disclosure of user passwords of the remote server connected through VMware Workstation.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware workstation *


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