CVE-2023-20900

HIGH

VMware vSphere <8.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 .

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0081
EPSS Percentile 74.3%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-294
Status published
Products (9)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
debian/debian_linux 12.0
fedoraproject/fedora 37
fedoraproject/fedora 38
fedoraproject/fedora 39
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
vmware/open_vm_tools 10.3.0 - 12.3.0
vmware/tools 10.3.0 - 12.3.0
Published Aug 31, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026