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High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 3, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-20854

CVE-2023-20854

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Workstation2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

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