GSD-2023-20854

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
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CVE-2023-20854
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