CVE-2023-20900
7.5HIGH
Key Information
- Vendor
- Vmware
- Status
- VMware Tools
- VMware Tools (open-vm-tools)
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 31 August 2023
Summary
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
Affected Version(s)
VMware Tools = 12.x.x
VMware Tools = 11.x.x
VMware Tools = 10.3.x
CVSS V3.1
Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published.
Vulnerability Reserved.
Collectors
NVD DatabaseMitre Database