CVE-2024-22253

CRITICAL EXPLOITED RANSOMWARE

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2024-22253 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV), including in ransomware campaigns.

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 9.3
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2024-09-11
Ransomware Use Confirmed
CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (6)
vmware/cloud_foundation 4.0 - 5.0
vmware/esxi 7.0 (25 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi 7.0.0 b
vmware/esxi 8.0 (8 CPE variants)
vmware/fusion 13.0.0 - 13.5.1
vmware/workstation 17.0.0 - 17.5.1
Published Mar 05, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026