CVE-2023-34045 (GCVE-0-2023-34045)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-20 09:00
Modified
2025-03-07 18:25
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that occurs during installation for the first time (the user needs to drag or copy the application to a folder from the '.dmg' volume) or when installing an upgrade. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed or being installed for the first time.
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VMware Fusion Version: 13.x
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