vmxnet3Hunter

Summary: vmxnet3Hunter will find all virtual machines running the vmxnet3 adapter and flag the parent cluster as vulenrable to the recent vmEscape advisory. VMware Advisory: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0027.html CVE: CVE-2018-6981, CVE-2018-6982...

(Pwn2Own) VMware ESXi VMXNET3 espQueueMask Out-Of-Bounds Write Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VMware ESXi. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementatio...

Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Multiple VMWare Products

VMWare ESXi and others are products of VMWare, Inc. VMWare ESXi is an enterprise-grade Type-1 hypervisor developed by VMWare, Inc. that can be installed and run directly on physical server hardware without relying on the underlying operating system for efficient creation and management of virtual...

CVE-2025-41236

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. Non VMXNET3...

CVE-2025-41236

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. Non VMXNET3...

PT-2025-29584

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion versions affected versions not specified Description VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local...

Windows does not recognize the VMXNET3 on App layer after upgraded to Windows 10 20H2.

After upgraded to Windows 10 20H2 on OS layer, then add a new version to App layer or platform layer, Windows virtual machine does not recognize the VMXNET3 virtual adapter. In the Windows device manager, you see a message similar to on packing machine: This device cannot start. Code 10 Operation...

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Multiple VMware Products (CNVD-2021-24364)

VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform that can be installed directly on physical servers, VMware Workstation is a set of virtual machine software, and VMware Fusion is a set of virtual machine software designed to run Windows applications on Macs. VMware Fusion is a suite of virtual...

CVE-2020-3971

VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG, Workstation 15.x before 15.0.2, and Fusion 11.x before 11.0.2 contain a heap overflow vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3...

VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Uninitialized Stack Memory Usage Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-22943)

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion are all products of VMware, Inc. VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform that can be installed directly on physical servers; VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software; and Fusion is a suite of virtual machine software that is designed t...