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 .
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1 Mailing List, Patch
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1 Mailing List, Patch
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · vmware, fedoraproject, debianNVD modified 2026-10-08 22:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 9
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 18
- 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/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/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
- 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/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/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