CVE-2023-34045

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Vmware Fusion
Timeline
PublishedOct 20

Description

VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that occurs during installation for the first time (the user needs to drag or copy the application to a folder from the '.dmg' volume) or when installing an upgrade. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed or being installed for the first time.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware/fusion13.x — 13.5
▶NVDvmware/fusion13.0.0 — 13.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gqww-mmf9-7x23: VMware Fusion(13↗2023-10-20
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CVEList
VMware Fusion installer local privilege escalation↗2023-10-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware Fusion and Workstation updates address privilege escalation and information disclosure vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-34044, CVE-2023-34045, CVE-2023-34046)↗2023-10-19
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