CVE-2023-34057
Published: 27 October 2023
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | This is a macOS specific issue, Ubuntu is not affected |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
open-vm-tools Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(macos only)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |