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CVE-2023-20900

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CVE-2023-20900

Published: Aug 31, 2023

Modified: Aug 2, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

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 .

VendorProductVersions

n/a

VMware Tools

affected
12.x.x
affected
11.x.x
affected
10.3.x

n/a

VMware Tools

affected
10.3.x

n/a

VMware Tools (open-vm-tools)

affected
12.x.x
affected
11.x.x
affected
10.3.x

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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