CVE-2023-20871
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-25 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 09:21
Severity ?
Summary
VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
n/aVMware Fusion
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