Tracked as CVE-2021-22045 (CVSS score of 7.7), the security vulnerability exists in the CD-ROM device emulation function of Workstation, Fusion and ESXi. In an advisory, VMWare said the security defect could be exploited by attackers with access to a virtual machine that has CD-ROM device emulation enabled. An attacker capable of combining the security error…

VMware Fixes Fusion Vulnerability Introduced by Previous Patch

VMware informed customers in mid-March that it had patched a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) and Horizon Client for Mac. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3950, can be exploited by an attacker with regular user privileges to escalate privileges to root. The researchers who independently reported the issue to VMware, Rich Mirch…