CVE-2023-20867
Published: 13 June 2023
A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | per upstream, this is a low-severity issue an attacker must have root access on the host to exploit the guest, which doesn't really give any extra privileges |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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open-vm-tools Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
xenial |
Released
(2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
| jammy |
Released
(2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2)
|
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| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(2:12.1.5-3ubuntu0.23.04.1)
|
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| bionic |
Released
(2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| focal |
Released
(2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5)
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 3.9 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |