CVE-2023-20867

LOWCISA KEV

3.9

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score3.9

SeverityLOW

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published6/13/2023

Last Modified10/28/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorVMware

ProductTools

Vulnerability NameVMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2023-06-23

Remediation Due Date2023-07-14

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedoravmware:tools

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11(security@vmware.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2(security@vmware.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html(security@vmware.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/(security@vmware.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/(security@vmware.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/(security@vmware.com)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/(security@vmware.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493(security@vmware.com)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html(security@vmware.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-20867(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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