VMware Workstation 17.x < 17.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2024-0004)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 222493

Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 17.x prior to 17.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. 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-2025-22224)
- 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 Workstation version 17.6.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 222493

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2025_0004.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 3/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22224

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Host/VMware Workstation/Version

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22226

VMSA: 2025-0004

Detections

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