VMware Workstation and Fusion Vulnerability

VMware have released a security update to address a local code execution vulnerability in Workstation and Fusion products.

Threat ID:: CC-1258
Category:: Exploit
Threat Severity:: Medium
Threat Vector:: Exploit
Published:: 15 March 2017 12:00 AM

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Summary

VMware have released a security update to address a local code execution vulnerability in Workstation and Fusion products.

Threat details

The vulnerability lies within the drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation and Fusion. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to access out-of-bounds memory locations and execute arbitrary code on the operating system on which VMware is running.

This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling both the Drag-and-Drop and Copy-and-Paste (C&P) functions.

Remediation steps

Type	Step
	Apply security patches in a timely manner.

Last edited: 17 February 2020 11:41 am