CVE-2023-34045

VMware Fusion installer local privilege escalation

En bref

Sévérité: MEDIUM 6.6
EPSS: EPSS 0.17 % · centile 6 (2026-10-27)
État: PUBLISHED
Publiée: 2023-10-20
Mise à jour: 2025-03-07
Attribuée par: vmware
Statut NVD: Modified

Description

VMware Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that occurs during installation for the first time (the user needs to drag or copy the application to a folder from the '.dmg' volume) or when installing an upgrade. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed or being installed for the first time.

Scores

Version	Score	Vecteur	Évalué par
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	vmware
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-269

Références européennes

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-38164
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-34045

Avis du CERT-FR

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0870 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.0.0 < 13.5

Produits affectés

Produit	Versions
VMware · Fusion	affected 13.x < 13.5

Références

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0022.html

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD