CVE-2023-20900

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

31/08/2023

Last modified:

12/01/2024

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 .

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	10.3.0 (including)	12.3.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	10.3.0 (including)	10.3.26 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools::::::::	10.3.0 (including)	12.3.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	10.3.0 (including)	12.3.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	10.3.0 (including)	10.3.26 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools::::::::	10.3.0 (including)	12.3.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:::::::*

CVE-2023-20900

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools