VMware VMware Tools: Authentication Bypass vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0013) (CVE-2023-20867)
4
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
06/13/2023
06/27/2023
06/27/2023
06/28/2023
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- vmware-vmware_tools-upgrade-latest
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