Summary
VMware Tools contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit this vulnerability.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- Tools
- Added to KEV
- Jun 23, 2023
- Remediation due
- Jul 14, 2023 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- EPSS
- 13.6% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References