CVE-2023-20854 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-02-03

Score: 8.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Workstation

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware Workstation (17.x prior to 17.0.1)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25033	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00113.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0003.html

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Vmware Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T14:05:19.424Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-20854

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:14:41.251Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T19:15:13.733

Modified: 2025-03-26T14:15:28.260

Link: CVE-2023-20854

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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