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 .
2023-10-27T05:15:38.957
2025-03-06T16:15:41.840
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | vmware | open_vm_tools | ≤ 12.3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 12.0 | Yes |
Application | vmware | tools | < 12.3.5 | Yes |
Operating System | microsoft | windows | - | No |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 37 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 38 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 39 | Yes |