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VMware Workstation 17.0.x < 17.5.1 Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0005)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191064

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 17.0.x prior to 17.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

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 17.5.1, or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0005.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191064

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2024_0005.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 2/27/2024

Updated: 6/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-22251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Host/VMware Workstation/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-22251

IAVA: 2024-A-0120

VMSA: 2024-0005