CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-22983
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware workstation (>= 16.0.0 < 16.2.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.html Patch, Vendor Advisory