VMSA-2022-0004:VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities

Advisory ID: VMSA-2022-0004 CVSSv3 Range: 5.3-8.4 Issue Date:2022-02-15 Updated On: 2022-02-15 Initial Advisory CVEs: CVE-2021-22040, CVE-2021-22041, CVE-2021-22042, CVE-2021-22043, CVE-2021-22050 Synopsis: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities...

PT-2022-1601

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi affected versions not specified VMware Workstation affected versions not specified VMware Fusion affected versions not specified VMware Cloud Foundation affected versions not specified Description A use-after-free vulnerability...

Trellix Global Defenders: BlackCat Ransomware as a Service - The Cat is certainly out of the bag!

Trellix Global Defenders: BlackCat Ransomware as a Service - The Cat is certainly out of the bag! By Trellix · February 8, 2022 Research Contributions and Analysis: Filippo Sitzia This story was written by Arnab Roy Threat Summary Blackcat also known as ALPHV/Noberus is a Ransomware as a Service...

Trellix Global Defenders: BlackCat Ransomware as a Service - The Cat is certainly out of the bag!

Trellix Global Defenders: BlackCat Ransomware as a Service - The Cat is certainly out of the bag! By Trellix · February 8, 2022 Research Contributions and Analysis: Filippo Sitzia This story was written by Arnab Roy Threat Summary Blackcat also known as ALPHV/Noberus is a Ransomware as a Service...

VMware Fusion 12.x < 12.2.0 Heap Overflow RCE (VMSA-2022-0001)

VMware Fusion contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine. Not...

Restore to VMware Cloud Director fails when vmdk file extensions are missing

Article Applicability This article is relevant only when a vCloud VM restore fails and the restored disk files are missing their .vmdk file extension. Challenge When performing a vCloud VM Restore, the operation fails with the following generic error message : Restore job failed Error: Error in t...

VMware Workstation 16.0.x < 16.2.0 Heap Overflow RCE (VMSA-2022-0001)

VMware Workstation contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine...

VMware OT Asset Information

It is possible to obtain attributes of the remote VMware OT device. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include"compat.inc"; if...

CVE-2022-22939

VMware Cloud Foundation contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to logging of credentials in plain-text within multiple log files on the SDDC Manager. A malicious actor with root access on VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager may be able to view credentials in plaintext within one or...

Information disclosure

VMware Cloud Foundation contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to logging of credentials in plain-text within multiple log files on the SDDC Manager. A malicious actor with root access on VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager may be able to view credentials in plaintext within one or...

CVE-2022-22939

VMware Cloud Foundation contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to logging of credentials in plain-text within multiple log files on the SDDC Manager. A malicious actor with root access on VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager may be able to view credentials in plaintext within one or...

CVE-2022-22939

CVE-2022-22939 affects VMware Cloud Foundation (SDDC Manager). The root cause is information disclosure from credentials being logged in plaintext across multiple log files, enabling a malicious actor with root access to view credentials. Affected releases include VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x and ...

CVE-2022-22939: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

VMware Cloud Foundation contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to logging of credentials in plain-text within multiple log files on the SDDC Manager. A malicious actor with root access on VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager may be able to view credentials in plaintext within one or...

Vulnerability fixed in VMware Workstation, Fusion & ESXi

A vulnerability has been fixed in VMware Workstation, Fusion & ESXi. The vulnerability enables a malicious person with access to a virtual machine on which CD-ROM virtualization is enabled to able to execute arbitrary code on the hypervisor. To exploit this vulnerability, a CD image must be...

Vmware VMware Cloud Foundation log information leakage vulnerability

Vmware VMware Cloud Foundation is an all-in-one hybrid cloud platform from Vmware. The platform includes features such as operations automation, infrastructure auto-configuration, and integrated lifecycle management. A security vulnerability exists in VMware Cloud Foundation that originates from...

Security Bulletin: IBM Java Runtime Vulnerability affects IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2020-2654)

Summary A denial of service vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2020. IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ is used by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-2654 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2019-4304, CVE-2019-4305, CVE-2019-4441, CVE-2014-3603)

Summary Security vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty, such as spoofing, obtaining sensitive information, and bypassing security restrictions, affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-4304...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2021-44832)

Summary A vulnerabilitiy in Apache Log4j could result in remote code execution. This vulnerability may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware due to its use of Log4j for logging of messages and traces. The below fix package includes Log4j 2.17.1. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2021-4483...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2020-27221, CVE-2020-14782)

Summary Vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2020 and January 2021. IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ is used by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware and may be affected by the below vulnerabilities CVEs. Vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: Information Disclosure in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2018-1553)

Summary Information disclosure vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1553 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remot...