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Vulnerability detail
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3.9
CVSS
Low
Low
CVE-2023-20867
PUBLISHEDVMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
No user interaction
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- VMware Tools
- Published
- Jun 13, 2023
- EPSS
- —
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.
cisa
nessus_scanner
CVSS scores
CVSS v3.1
3.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitation status
Exploited in the wild
Recorded 2023-06-23 00:00:00 UTC · Source
SSVC decision points
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- partial
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0001/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5493
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZJM6HDRQYS74JA7YNKQBFH2XSZ52HEWH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NVKQ6Y2JFJRWPFOZUOTFO3H27BK5GGOG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJNJMD67QIT6LXLKWSHFM47DCLRSMT6W/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/16/11
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.
| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CISA | Jun 23, 2023 |
Scanner integrations
| Scanner | Reference | Detected |
|---|---|---|
| Nessus | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/236370 | Jun 02, 2025 |
Timeline
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Detected by Nessus