CVE-2023-20871
published 2023-04-25CVE-2023-20871: VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges…
PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.38%
31.0th percentile
VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | fusion | >= 13.0.0 < 13.0.2 | 13.0.2 |
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VMware
VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20869, CVE-2023-20870, CVE-2023-20871, CVE-2023-20872)
vendor_vmware·2023-04-25·CVSS 8.2
CVE-2023-20869 [HIGH] VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20869, CVE-2023-20870, CVE-2023-20871, CVE-2023-20872)
VMSA-2023-0008: VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20869, CVE-2023-20870, CVE-2023-20871, CVE-2023-20872)
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.3.
CVEs: CVE-2023-20869, CVE-2023-20870, CVE-2023-20871, CVE-2023-20872
Affected products: VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, Workstation Pro
GHSA
GHSA-gc9f-xmg3-m3pp: VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-04-25
CVE-2023-20871 [HIGH] CWE-863 GHSA-gc9f-xmg3-m3pp: VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability
VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2023-04-25
Published