VMware Workstation 17.0.x < 17.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2025-0010)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236962

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 17.0.x prior to 17.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

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 17.6.3, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236962

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2025_0010.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 5/20/2025

Updated: 5/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-41228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 5/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-41225, CVE-2025-41226, CVE-2025-41227, CVE-2025-41228

VMSA: 2025-0010

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