3.9 CVE-2023-20867 (CWE-287)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID Exploitable Vendor Product Vulnerability Date added
CVE-2023-20867 True VMware Tools VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability 2023-06-23 00:00:00

Description

EUVD-2023-25040: VMware Tools contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. 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. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit this vulnerability.


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