CVE-2023-34057 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine.

Published: 2023-10-27

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Tools

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`12.x.x`	affected	—
`11.x.x`	affected	—
`10.3.x`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-38171	VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00076.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

Vmware Tools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2023-10-27T04:52:55.280Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T15:40:49.609Z

Reserved: 2023-05-25T17:21:56.203Z

Link: CVE-2023-34057

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:01:53.549Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-27T05:15:38.837

Modified: 2025-03-06T16:15:41.690

Link: CVE-2023-34057

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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