VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-34058

CVSS score7.1 HIGH

EPSS probability0.81%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2023-10-27

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. 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 .

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-347
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-347

Primary references

security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Patch
security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@vmware.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory
security@vmware.com — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory