CVE-2024-22270

medium

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the Host Guest File Sharing (HGFS) functionality. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.

References

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-three-zero-day-bugs-exploited-at-pwn2own-2024/

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24280

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-14

Updated: 2025-06-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00059