Workload misconfigurations

VMware Virtual Machine with Guest Host Interaction Protocol Handler feature enabled

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Compliance Frameworks

Description

A VMware virtual machine is a software-based emulation of a physical computer. VMware Guest Host Interaction Protocol Handler feature should be disabled if it is not needed, such feature reduces the potential for vulnerabilities because it reduces the number of ways in which a guest can affect the host.