Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows allows a malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM to gain the ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM. This vulnerability is due to improper access control and can be exploited to bypass authentication, posing a significant risk to the security of the VM."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Virtual Machine
Target Asset Guest VM
Standard Path VMware Environment
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: Guest VM (Virtual Machine)
$Target = "Guest VM"
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Filter $Target -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required
Required
Service Disruption
High
Internal Work Notes
Apply the latest security patch from Broadcom to mitigate the vulnerability, as referenced in the security advisory.
Intelligence Sources
Scope of Impact
Original NVD Description
"VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM."
Data compiled from NVD, MSRC, and CISA KEV Catalog. Intelligence synthesized via AI. Scripts provided for diagnostic purposes under MIT License.