CVE-2023-34046

MEDIUM

VMware Fusion <13.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-367
Status published

Affected Products (1)

vmware/fusion < 13.5

Timeline

Published Oct 20, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026