VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-20871

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-863

Primary references