CVE-2023-20900
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20900
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-20900.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-20900
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-08-31T10:15:08.247Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-02T08:43:31.531230Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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 .
- References
-
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
- Events
-
IntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "10.3.0" }, { "fixed": "12.3.0" }, { "introduced": "10.3.0" }, { "fixed": "12.3.0" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "11.0" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "12.0" } ] }
Affected versions
10.*
10.1.15
10.2.5
2008.*
2008.02.13-77928
2008.04.04-87182
2008.05.02-90473
2008.05.15-93084
2008.05.15-93241
2008.06.03-96374
2008.06.20-100027
2008.07.01-102166
2008.08.08-109361
2008.09.03-114782
2008.10.10-123053
2008.11.18-130226
2008.12.23-137496
2009.*
2009.01.21-142982
2009.02.18-148847
2009.03.18-154848
2009.04.23-162451
2009.05.22-167859
2009.06.18-172495
2009.07.22-179896
2009.08.24-187411
2009.09.18-193784
2009.10.15-201664
2009.11.16-210370
2009.12.16-217847
2010.*
2010.01.19-226760
2010.02.23-236320
2010.03.20-243334
2010.04.25-253928
2010.06.16-268169
2010.07.25-280253
2010.08.24-292196
2010.09.19-301124
2010.10.18-313025
2010.11.17-327185
2010.12.19-339835
2011.*
2011.01.24-354108
2011.02.23-368700
2011.03.28-387002
2011.04.25-402641
2011.05.27-420096
2011.06.27-437995
2011.07.19-450511
2011.08.21-471295
2011.09.23-491607
2011.10.26-514583
2011.11.20-535097
2011.12.20-562307
2012.*
2012.03.13-651368
2012.05.21-724730
2012.10.14-874563
2012.12.26-958366
2013.*
2013.04.16-1098359
2013.09.16-1328054
open-vm-tools-10.*
open-vm-tools-10.0.0-3000743
Other
p4-sync-929606
stable-10.*
stable-10.0.5
stable-10.0.7
stable-10.1.0
stable-10.1.10
stable-10.1.15
stable-10.1.5
stable-10.2.0
stable-10.2.5
stable-10.3.0
stable-10.3.10
stable-10.3.5
stable-11.*
stable-11.0.0
stable-11.1.0
stable-11.1.5
stable-11.2.0
stable-11.2.5
stable-11.3.0
stable-11.3.5
stable-12.*
stable-12.0.0
stable-12.1.0
stable-12.1.5
stable-12.2.0
stable-12.2.5
stable-12.4.0
stable-12.4.5
stable-12.5.0
stable-12.5.2
stable-12.5.4
stable-13.*
stable-13.0.0
stable-13.0.10
stable-13.0.5
stable-8.*
stable-8.4.2-261024
stable-8.6.0
stable-8.6.5
stable-8.8.0
stable-8.8.1
stable-8.8.2
stable-9.*
stable-9.0.0
stable-9.10.0
stable-9.10.2
stable-9.10.3
stable-9.2.0
stable-9.2.2
stable-9.2.3
stable-9.4.0
stable-9.4.6
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "10.3.0"
},
{
"fixed": "10.3.26"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "37"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "38"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "39"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "10.0"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-20900.json"