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CVE-2023-20900

Published: Aug 31, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-294
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 36.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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 .

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-294

Affected Products

VMware Toolsn/a
VMware Tools (open-vm-tools)n/a
toolsvmware
On-prem
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
open vm toolsvmware
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
and 9 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Defense Evasion
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References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
vmware.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
openwall.com
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
debian.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 31, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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