CVE-2023-20854

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Publication date:

03/02/2023

Last modified:

26/03/2025

Description

VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim&#39;s machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High