CVE-2023-34057 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Tools, affecting both macOS and Windows versions. An attacker with local user access to a guest virtual machine can exploit this flaw to elevate their privileges within that VM. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, but requires local access and low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.3.0, < 12.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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