VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-34046

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-10-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) 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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-367
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-367

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