VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools | Nov 17, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop | Nov 3, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Oct 26, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfo | Nov 16, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools | Nov 2, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024225 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | May 29, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024287 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Jul 2, 2024 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-nox11Upgrade open-vm-tools | Nov 2, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minion | Nov 17, 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-testUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsourceUpgrade open-vm-tools-test-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp | Nov 16, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfoUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmpUpgrade open-vm-tools-debugsource | Mar 5, 2024 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktopUpgrade open-vm-tools-containerinfoUpgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade libvmtools0Upgrade libvmtools-develUpgrade open-vm-tools-salt-minionUpgrade open-vm-tools-sdmp | Oct 30, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade open-vm-tools-desktop (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade open-vm-toolsUpgrade open-vm-tools-desktop | Nov 1, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Vmware Vmware Tools | — | Update VMware Tools to the latest version | Jun 3, 2025 | Oct 26, 2023 |
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