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CVE-2023-20867

Date: June 13, 2023

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.

Severity Score

3.9

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-20867

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11

Url: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-20867

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/

Url: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20867

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20867

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-20867

Severity Score

3.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

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