Description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in HGFS. 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. Affected versions: - VMware Workstation: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1) - VMware Fusion: 25H2, 26H1 (fixed in 26H1u1)
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- VMware / VMware Fusion25H2 – 26H1
- VMware / VMware Fusion26H1u1 – 26H1u1
- VMware / VMware Workstation25H2 – 26H1
- VMware / VMware Workstation26H1u1 – 26H1u1
Updated 18m ago · 8 sources