CVE - CVE-2023-20900

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-20900	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1 MISC:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1 MISC:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/ MISC:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/ URL:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/ MISC:https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 MISC:https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html URL:https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
Assigning CNA
VMware
Date Record Created
20221101	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20221101)
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