Description
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. 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 (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543
Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.2%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-347
Status
published
Products (8)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
debian/debian_linux
12.0
fedoraproject/fedora
37
fedoraproject/fedora
38
fedoraproject/fedora
39
vmware/open_vm_tools
11.0.0 - 12.3.0
vmware/tools
10.3.0 - 12.3.5
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026