VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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 ove...

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Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 CVSS score: 3.9, "enabled the execution of privileged commands...

Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 CVSS score: 3.9, "enabled the execution of privileged commands...

CVE-2023-20867

A flaw was found in the open-vm-tools package. An attacker with root access privileges over ESXi may be able to cause an authentication bypass in the vgauth module. This may lead to compromised confidentiality and integrity...

CVE-2023-20867

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...

CVE-2023-20867

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...

Design/Logic Flaw

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...

CVE-2023-20867 VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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...

CVE-2023-20867 VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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...

CVE-2023-20867

Summary: CVE-2023-20867 affects open-vm-tools (VMware Tools) with an authentication bypass in the vgauth module, enabling a fully compromised ESXi host to disrupt host-to-guest authentication and impact guest VM confidentiality and integrity. The issue is exploitable with root access on ESXi (loc...

CVE-2023-20867

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...

CVE-2023-20867

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...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2023-20867

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...

CVE-2023-20867

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...

CVE-2023-20867

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. Recent assessments: Assessed Attacker Value: 0 Assessed Attacker Value: 0Assessed Attacker Value: 0...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-20867

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...

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ESXi < 7.0 Reflected Denial of Service

The remote VMware ESXi host is less than version 7.0 and is affected by a reflected denial of service vulnerability: - The Service Location Protocol SLP, RFC 2608 allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow the attacker to use spoofed UDP traffic to...

MichaelKors Ransomware Targets Linux and VMware ESXi Systems with Hypervisor Jackpotting

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary MichaelKors ransomware, a new RaaS operation, has been targeting Linux and VMware ESXi systems since April 2023, utilizing the tactic of "hypervisor jackpotting" to gain unrestricted access and encrypt...