High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-34057

Description

VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user access to a guest virtual machine may elevate privileges within the virtual machine.

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Affected products

VMware/Tools2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.3.0,<12.1.1
- (no CPE)
VMware/VMware Tools for macOScpe-rescue

Patches

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References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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