CVE-2023-20871 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

Published: 2023-04-25

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Fusion

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware Fusion (13.x)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25044	VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00085.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00095}`	epss `{'score': 0.00073}`

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

Vmware Fusion

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T16:52:33.588Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-20871

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:32.933Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-25T21:15:10.023

Modified: 2025-02-04T17:15:10.717

Link: CVE-2023-20871

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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