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VMware Workstation 16.x < 16.2.4 Information Disclosure (VMSA-2022-0023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164057

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 16.x prior to 16.2.4. It is, therefore, affected by an unprotected storage of credentials vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this leading to the disclosure of user passwords of the remote server connected through VMware Workstation.

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

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation 16.2.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164057

File Name: vmware_workstation_vsma_2022_0023.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/11/2022

Updated: 12/7/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22983

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: installed_sw/VMware Workstation, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22983

IAVA: 2022-A-0326

VMSA: 2022-0023