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 |
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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)
|
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lunar |
Released
(2:12.1.5-3ubuntu0.23.04.1)
|
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trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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bionic |
Released
(2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
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focal |
Released
(2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.5)
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upstream |
Needs triage
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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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 |