CVE-2023-20900

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20900
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-20900.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-20900
Related
Published
2023-08-31T10:15:08Z
Modified
2024-10-12T10:30:02.393908Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u2

Affected versions

2:11.*

2:11.2.5-2
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1

Affected versions

2:12.*

2:12.2.0-1
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1~bpo11+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:12.3.0-1

Affected versions

2:12.*

2:12.2.0-1
2:12.2.5-1
2:12.3.0-1~bpo12+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Events
Introduced
2147df6aabe639fc5ff423ed791a8e7f02bf8d0a
Fixed
865e76adf86fb38380220a3b760aa92ba5407c60

Affected versions

stable-10.*

stable-10.3.0