CVE-2023-34045
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-20 09:00
Modified
2024-08-02 16:01
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
VMware Fusion installer local privilege escalation
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0022.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
VMwareFusion
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