Security News

VMware Patches 'Hard-to-Exploit' DoS Vulnerability (Security Week)
2017-08-14 10:00

An update released by VMware for its NSX-V network virtualization solution patches an important denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability. The security hole, tracked as CVE-2017-4920, exists in the...

VMware API Allows Limited vSphere Users to Access Guest OS (Security Week)
2017-07-28 14:30

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Researchers discovered that a VMware API can be abused by vSphere users with limited privileges to access the guest operating system without authentication. VMware has...

VMware Patches Flaws in Horizon, vSphere Products (Security Week)
2017-06-09 08:19

Updates released by VMware this week for its Horizon View Client and vSphere Data Protection (VDP) products address a total of three critical and important vulnerabilities. read more

VMware Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in vSphere Data Protection (Threatpost)
2017-06-08 16:12

VMware fixed two critical vulnerabilities in its vSphere Data Protection solution this week that could have allowed an attacker to execute commands on the appliance, among other outcomes.

VMware Patches Multiple Security Issues in Workstation (Threatpost)
2017-05-19 16:47

VMware fixed two bugs in its VMware Workstation late Thursday night, including an insecure library loading vulnerability and a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability.

VMWare Fixes Critical RCE in vCenter Server (Threatpost)
2017-04-17 16:05

VMware patched a critical vulnerability in its vCenter Server platform late last week that could have let an attacker execute arbitrary code in some scenarios.

VMware Patches Pwn2Own VM Escape Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2017-03-29 16:00

VMware patched vulnerabilities uncovered earlier this month at Pwn2Own that could have let an attacker execute code on the VMware Workstation and carry out a virtual machine escape.