fkie_cve-2023-34057
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-10-27 05:15
Modified
2025-03-06 16:15
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware tools *
apple macos -


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