PT-2023-4654
CVE-2023-20900
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Published
2023-08-31
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Updated
2025-12-30
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.1
HighMetricsAV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
VMware Tools (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability in VMware Tools. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle (MITM) network positioning between vCenter server and the virtual machine may be able to bypass SAML token signature verification, to perform VMware Tools Guest Operations. This could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges if the target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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