CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-34057
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware tools (>= 10.3.0 < 12.1.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html Vendor Advisory