CVE-2023-20900
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Aug 31, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 1, 2022
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 .
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | vmware |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
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