VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-34057

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-10-27
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 Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-269

Primary references