Vmware Workstation vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product21 versions
The short answer

Vmware Workstation is made by VMware. We track 15 published vulnerabilities in it, across 21 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Vmware Workstation, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Vmware Workstation vulnerabilities are being exploited?

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None of Vmware Workstation's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Vmware Workstation flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. 8.6%

    vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and...

    CVSS5.0Published20 Jan 2009
  2. 2.7%

    The default configuration of VMware Workstation 6.0.2, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 makes the console of the guest OS accessible through anonymous VIX API calls, which has...

    CVSS10.0Published20 Mar 2008
  3. 2.0%

    Unspecified vulnerability in the DHCP service in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.6, VMware ACE 1.0.x before 1.0.5, VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.5, and VMware Fusion 1.1.x...

    CVSS7.8Published20 Mar 2008
  4. 1.7%

    Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS...

    CVSS7.1Published20 Mar 2008
  5. 1.0%

    hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 uses the...

    CVSS4.9Published21 Aug 2008
  6. 0.5%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057, and VMware...

    CVSS6.9Published2 Jun 2008
  7. 0.4%

    Unspecified vulnerability in VMCI in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, and VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057 on Windows allows guest OS users to execute...

    CVSS6.9Published2 Jun 2008
  8. 0.4%

    HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.6 build 80404, VMware Player before 1.0.6 build 80404, VMware ACE before 1.0.5 build 79846, VMware Server before 1.0.5 build 80187, and VMware...

    CVSS4.4Published5 Jun 2008
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We track 15 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Vmware Workstation, across 21 versions.

None of Vmware Workstation's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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