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The exploit involves a low-complexity attack that can be pulled off without victim interaction.

It was given a severity score of 9.8/10 (critical), and was recently patched.

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The bug was discovered by cybersecurity researchers TZL, during Chinas 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest.

Broadcom, VMwares parent company, recently released a fix and is urging users to apply it immediately.

The good news is that there is no evidence of in-the-wild abuse yet.

ViaBleepingComputer

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