Description
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 .
Published: 2023-08-31
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3597-1 open-vm-tools security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5493-1 open-vm-tools security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-25069 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 .
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6365-1 Open VM Tools vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6365-2 Open VM Tools vulnerability
History

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.7

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Linux Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
Vmware Open Vm Tools Tools
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:33.112Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T15:41:50.396Z

Link: CVE-2023-20900

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-31T10:15:08.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:41:47.130

Link: CVE-2023-20900

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-08-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-20900 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses