CVE-2023-20900

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    CVE-2023-20900

    Published: 31 Aug 2023Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/31/1, https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0002/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/1, https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0019.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00000.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2147df6aabe639fc5ff423ed791a8e7f02bf8d0a
    Fixed -865e76adf86fb38380220a3b760aa92ba5407c60

    Affected versions

    2008.02.13-77928

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2023-20900 | CVE-DB