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VMware Workstation 17.0.x < 17.0.1 Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0003)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171084

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 17.0.x prior to 17.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

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

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation version 17.0.1, or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171084

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2023_0003.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: General

Published: 2/7/2023

Updated: 6/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20854

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Host/VMware Workstation/Version, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20854

IAVA: 2023-A-0069

VMSA: 2023-0003