CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-22983

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Aug 10, 2022 | Modified: Aug 15, 2022
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.2.4) contains an unprotected storage of credentials vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges to the victim machine may exploit this vulnerability leading to the disclosure of user passwords of the remote server connected through VMware Workstation.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Workstation Vmware 16.0.0 (including) 16.2.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References