VMware Workstation 16.0.x < 16.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 158148

Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 16.0.x prior to 16.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. (CVE-2021-22040)

- VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. (CVE-2021-22041)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation version 16.2.1, or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/87349

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 158148

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2022_0004.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 2/18/2022

Updated: 2/25/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/VMware Workstation/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22040, CVE-2021-22041

IAVA: 2022-A-0089

VMSA: 2022-0004