Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-22983
CVE-2022-22983
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=16.0.0,<16.2.4
- (no CPE)range: <16.2.4
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0023.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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