CVE-2023-20854 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-20854

VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious...

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

VMware Workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
VMware Workstation (17.x prior to 17.0.1)

Timeline

Official Publish: February 3rd, 2023
Last Modified: March 26th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.