PT-2023-6487 · Vmware · Vmware Tools

Dan Revah · CVE-2023-34057 · Published 2023-10-26 · Updated 2023-11-07

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Tools (affected versions not specified)

Description A local privilege escalation issue exists in VMware Tools, allowing a malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine to elevate privileges within the virtual machine. The vulnerability is related to errors in privilege management.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07233

CVE-2023-34057

Affected Products

Vmware Tools

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34057 · Security Note
• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07233 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-34057 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/The_Cyber_News/status/1717926246095708410 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60083 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/73037 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1717854275127197737 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/nachogarciaegea/status/1717930043966640555 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/ariendg/status/1717855325200568350 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/40520 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/shah_sheikh/status/1717925773557010635 · Twitter Post
• https://altsp.su/obnovleniya-bezopasnosti · Note