Double free

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. 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...

Double free

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. 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...

Improper access control

VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to access settingsd service running as a high privileged user...

CVE-2022-22945

VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance can execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root...

CVE-2022-22945

CVE-2022-22945 affects VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere (NSX-V) in the NSX Edge appliance. A CLI shell injection exists that allows a user with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying OS (local privilege escalation). Reported cause: improper i...

CVE-2021-22043

VMware ESXi contains a TOCTOU Time-of-check Time-of-use vulnerability that exists in the way temporary files are handled. A malicious actor with access to settingsd, may exploit this issue to escalate their privileges by writing arbitrary files...

CVE-2021-22043

CVE-2021-22043 affects VMware ESXi. It is a TOCTOU vulnerability in how temporary files are handled by the settingsd service, enabling a user with access to settingsd to escalate privileges by writing arbitrary files. The issue is discussed alongside related flaws (CVE-2021-22040/22041/22042/2205...

CVE-2021-22041

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. 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-2021-22042

CVE-2021-22042 affects VMware ESXi: an unauthorized-access flaw where VMX process privileges can access settingsd authorization tickets, allowing a local attacker with VMX privileges to reach the settingsd service running as a high-privileged user. Reported in multiple feeds (NVD, Red Hat, Nessus...

CVE-2021-22041

CVE-2021-22041 is a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. The flaw allows a malicious actor with local VM-level administrative privileges to execute code as the VMX process running on the host, via isochronous USB endpoints. Red Hat ...

CVE-2021-22042

VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to access settingsd service running as a high privileged user...

CVE-2021-22040

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. 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-2021-22040

Vulnerability CVE-2021-22040 affects VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion due to a use-after-free in the XHCI USB controller. The issue lets a malicious actor with local VM admin privileges execute code as the host VMX process running on the host. This is a host-level impact triggered from within...

Critical VMware Bugs Open ESXi, Fusion & Workstation to Attackers

VMware has issued a critical security update to address issues in its ESXi, Fusion and Workstation products, including VMware Cloud Foundation versions. Exploitation could give attackers access to workloads inside organizations’ virtual environments. The bugs have a range of 5.3 to 8.4 out of 10 ...

VMware addresses security flaws discovered during Tianfu Cup Pwn Contest

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here VMware addressed vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation, few months after the discovery of these bugs by participants at Tianfu Cup Pwn Contest. VMware has rated some of these vulnerabilities as...

VMware Issues Security Patches for High-Severity Flaws Affecting Multiple Products

VMware on Tuesday patched several high-severity vulnerabilities impacting ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, Cloud Foundation, and NSX Data Center for vSphere that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial-of-service DoS condition. As of writing, there's no evidence that any of the...

Kali Linux 2022.1 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2022.1. This release has various impressive updates. The summary of the changelog since the 2021.4 release from December 2021 is: Visual Refresh - Updated wallpapers and GRUB theme Shell Prompt Changes - Visual improvements to improve readability...

VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2022-0004 and and VMSA-2022-0005...

CVE-2021-22041: Undefined Security Weakness

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. 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...

Cortado ThinPrint DoS

The vulnerability of the Cortado ThinPrint component in the VMware Workstation hypervisor and the VMware Horizon Client for Windows virtualization client exists due to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures...