CVE-2024-22270 Information disclosure in VMware Fusion
A local administrator in a virtual machine can read privileged hypervisor memory via HGFS, exposing sensitive data to attackers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-22270?
CVE-2024-22270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 14 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the Host Guest File Sharing (HGFS) functionality. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22270?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22270?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-22270 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22270 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-455v-w5mm-7hf6.