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
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1 | Mailing List Patch |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html | Mailing List |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ | Mailing List |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ | Mailing List |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/ | Mailing List |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2023-08-31 10:15
Updated : 2024-01-12 20:41
NVD link : CVE-2023-20900
Mitre link : CVE-2023-20900
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-20900
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Products Affected
microsoft
- windows
fedoraproject
- fedora
vmware
- open_vm_tools
- tools
linux
- linux_kernel
netapp
- ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
debian
- debian_linux
CWE
CWE-294
Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay