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
- 2026-03-14T14:54:09.645492Z
- 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
-
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
- 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" } ] }
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"