VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 6.5, 6.7 or 7.0 and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

  - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A     malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to     execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. (CVE-2021-22040)

  - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A     malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to     execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. (CVE-2021-22041)

  - VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd     authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to     access settingsd service running as a high privileged user. (CVE-2021-22042)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 16.0.x prior to 16.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 12.0.x prior to 12.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
158494	ESXi 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)	Nessus	Misc.	high
158148	VMware Workstation 16.0.x < 16.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)	Nessus	General	high
158147	VMware Fusion 12.0.x < 12.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2021-22040

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