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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0022) (CVE-2023-34045)

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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0022) (CVE-2023-34045)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/20/2023
Created
04/26/2024
Added
04/24/2024
Modified
04/24/2024

Description

VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that occurs during installation for the first time (the user needs to drag or copy the application to a folder from the '.dmg' volume) or when installing an upgrade. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed or being installed for the first time.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-fusion-upgrade-13_5_0

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