VMware’s Zero-Day Nightmare: When VMs Go Rogue
Broadcom has warned that critical VMware zero-day vulnerabilities are being actively exploited, allowing attackers to escape from virtual machines to the hypervisor with root privileges. The flaws impact multiple VMware products, including ESXi, Workstation, and Cloud Foundation, with no workarounds other than patching and rebooting.
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Broadcom warned today that a trio of VMware zero days are being exploited in the wild – and can be used to “escape” from a virtual machine (VM) to the underlying hypervisor itself, with root privileges.
Security experts stress the urgency, as exploitation could grant attackers full control over affected systems, posing a severe risk to virtualized environments.