VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges having access to a VM with VMware Tools installed and managed by Aria Operations with SDMP enabled may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the same VM.
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | aria_operations | 8.0 - 8.18.5 | - |
| vmware | cloud_foundation | 4.0 - 5.2.2 | - |
| vmware | cloud_foundation_operations |
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10
Affected Products
6
References
vmware / aria_operations
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| vmware | open_vm_tools | 11.2.0 - 12.5.4 | - |
| vmware | open_vm_tools | - | - |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | 2.2 - 3.0 | - |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | 4.0 - 5.0.1 | - |
| debian | debian_linux | - | - |
| vmware | tools | 12.5.0 - 12.5.4 | - |
| vmware | tools | 13.0.0.0 - 13.0.5.0 | - |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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