CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-20854
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware workstation 17.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory