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 .
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0119
EPSS Percentile
63.9%
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