CVE-2023-34057

Published: Oct 27, 2023

Modified: Mar 6, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html

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CVE-2023-34057

Description

Affected Products

CVSS v3.1 Details

References