- VMware issues emergency security update to address critical vulnerabilities in USB controllers under ESXi and desktop hypervisors
- Chinese researchers discovered flaws at a cracking contest, with the most severe rated 9.3/10 on VMware’s Workstation and Fusion and 8.4 on ESXi
- Vulnerabilities allow malicious actors with local administrative privileges to execute code outside the guest VM, posing significant risks
- Workarounds involve removing virtual USB controllers, potentially impacting functionality for some operating systems
- An out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CVE-2024-22254) could lead to an escape of the sandbox, highlighting the severity of the hypervisor flaws
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/07/vmware_usb_critical_flaws/
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