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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minion | Jul 17, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools | Aug 22, 2024 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop | Jul 21, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-devel | Jun 30, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools | Aug 18, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minion | Jun 30, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsource | Jun 30, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-test | Mar 5, 2024 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade libvmtools-develUpgrade libvmtools0 | Jun 19, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Pro) | Jul 28, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Vmware Vmware Tools | — | Update VMware Tools to the latest version | Jun 3, 2025 | Jun 11, 2023 |
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