Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-20900
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 .
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.01
EPSS Ranking 75.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.1
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
- 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/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1
- 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/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html
Products affected by CVE-2023-20900
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cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:10.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:10.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:10.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:11.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:12.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:12.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:12.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:12.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:12.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:12.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.20
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.21
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.22
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.25
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.26
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:11.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:12.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:12.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:12.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:12.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:12.2.5
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-