CVE-2023-34045

MEDIUM

VMware Fusion <13.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation 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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.6
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
vmware/fusion 13.0.0 - 13.5
Published Oct 20, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026