VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that occurs during installation for the first time (the user needs to drag or copy the application to a folder from the '.dmg' volume) or when installing an upgrade. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed or being installed for the first time.
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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-07T18:27:07.211Z

Reserved: 2023-05-25T17:21:56.202Z

Link: CVE-2023-34046

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:01:52.426Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-20T09:15:12.717

Modified: 2025-03-07T19:15:35.433

Link: CVE-2023-34046

cve-icon Redhat

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