CVE-2023-20854 (GCVE-0-2023-20854)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-26 14:05
VLAI?
Summary
VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim's machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CWE
- Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware Workstation |
Affected:
VMware Workstation (17.x prior to 17.0.1)
|
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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