CVE-2023-20900
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 .
CVE-2023-20900
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2023-20900
VMware Tools
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
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VMware Tools
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
VMware Tools (open-vm-tools)
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "n/a",
"product": "VMware Tools",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "12.x.x"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "11.x.x"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "10.3.x"
}
],
"platforms": [
"Windows"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"vendor": "n/a",
"product": "VMware Tools",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "10.3.x"
}
],
"platforms": [
"Linux"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"vendor": "n/a",
"product": "VMware Tools (open-vm-tools)",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "12.x.x"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "11.x.x"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "10.3.x"
}
],
"platforms": [
"Linux"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2023-20900
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #16085 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date