Overview
- Description
- VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.2.4) contains an unprotected storage of credentials vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges to the victim machine may exploit this vulnerability leading to the disclosure of user passwords of the remote server connected through VMware Workstation.
- Source
- security@vmware.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.9
- Impact score
- 4
- Exploitability score
- 1.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-522
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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