CVE-2023-34045 (GCVE-0-2023-34045)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-20 09:00 – Updated: 2025-03-07 18:25
VLAI
Title
VMware Fusion installer local privilege escalation
Summary
VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation 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.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Fusion Affected: 13.x , < 13.5 (13.5)
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Date Public
2023-10-19 18:29
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