Updated: 2023-11-17 19:00:05.366323
Description:
A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | 0 | |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 7.5 | HIGH | Ignored | 2023-11-04 09:32:05 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0 | 7.5 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-10-09 09:36:35 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux | 4.4.0 | 7.5 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-10-09 09:36:34 | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | linux | 4.15.0 | 7.5 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-10-09 09:36:35 |