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VMware Fusion 13.x < 13.6.3 HGFS Information Disclosure (VMSA-2025-0004)

high Nessus Plugin ID 222492

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS host is 13.x prior to 13.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability:

 - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process. (CVE-2025-22226)

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 13.6.3, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?15790ced

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 222492

File Name: macosx_fusion_vmsa_2025_0004.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 3/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:fusion

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22226

IAVA: 2025-A-0148

VMSA: 2025-0004