Medium severity · published May 14, 2024
CVE-2024-22270
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the Host Guest File Sharing (HGFS) functionality. A malicious actor with local administrative…
6.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the Host Guest File Sharing (HGFS) functionality. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VF
VMware Fusion ·
13.x before 13.5.2 · source: vendor
VW
VMware Workstation ·
17.x before 17.5.2 · source: vendor
FU
Fusion · Vmware
13.0.0 before 13.5.2 · source: NVD, CISA
WO
Workstation · Vmware
17.0.0 before 17.5.2 · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22270
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22270
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24280
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