VMware Fusion 13.0.x < 13.6 Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206465

Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 13.0.x prior to 13.6. 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 Fusion version 13.6, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a97dea5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206465

File Name: macosx_fusion_vmsa_2024_0018.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/3/2024

Updated: 9/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38811

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:fusion

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, installed_sw/VMware Fusion

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38811

IAVA: 2024-A-0537

VMSA: 2024-0018