6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.6%
The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 16.0.x prior to 16.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(158148);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/25");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2021-22040",
"CVE-2021-22041",
"CVE-2021-22042",
"CVE-2021-22043",
"CVE-2021-22050"
);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2022-0004");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2022-A-0089");
script_name(english:"VMware Workstation 16.0.x < 16.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2022-0004)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 16.0.x prior to 16.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update to VMware Workstation version 16.2.1, or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-22043");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-22042");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/02/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/02/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/02/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:workstation");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"General");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("vmware_workstation_detect.nasl", "vmware_workstation_linux_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/VMware Workstation/Version");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
var win_local = FALSE;
if (get_kb_item('SMB/Registry/Enumerated')) win_local = TRUE;
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'VMware Workstation', win_local:win_local);
var constraints = [
{ 'min_version' : '16.0', 'fixed_version' : '16.2.1' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app_info,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
vmware | workstation | cpe:/a:vmware:workstation |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22040
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22041
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22042
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22043
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22050
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html
6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.6%