- Vendor / Project
- VMware
- Product
- Tools
- Date added
- Jun 23, 2023
- Due date
- Jul 14, 2023
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- CWEs
- CWE-287
Description
VMware Tools contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit this vulnerability.
Required action
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