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VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability

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VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability

VMware released updates to Workstation and Fusion that address a critical vulnerability allowing attackers with administrative access to a virtual machine to run code on the underlying host. The flaw requires local administrative privileges within a guest system to exploit.

Why it matters: Organizations running VMware Workstation or Fusion need to apply these patches immediately to prevent local privilege escalation attacks from compromised virtual machines to the host system.

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VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability

VMware released updates to Workstation and Fusion that address a critical vulnerability allowing attackers with administrative access to a virtual machine to run code on the underlying host. The flaw requires local administrative privileges within a guest system to exploit.

Why it matters: Organizations running VMware Workstation or Fusion need to apply these patches immediately to prevent local privilege escalation attacks from compromised virtual machines to the host system.

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