Privilege Escalation

2023-10-2913:25:45

Veracode Vulnerability Database

sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com

open-vm-tools

vulnerability

privilege escalation

file descriptor hijack

vmware-user-suid-wrapper

malicious attacker

user inputs

software

7.4 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

open-vm-tools is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The vulnerability is a file descriptor hijack within the vmware-user-suid-wrapper allowing a malicious attacker to simulate user inputs.

CPENameOperatorVersion
open-vm-tools:sideq2:11.2.5-2
open-vm-tools:sideq2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:bullseyeeq2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:bustereq2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2
open-vm-tools:sideq2:11.2.5-2
open-vm-tools:sideq2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:bullseyeeq2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:bustereq2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2

Name	Operator	Version
open-vm-tools:sid	eq	2:11.2.5-2
open-vm-tools:sid	eq	2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:bullseye	eq	2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:buster	eq	2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2
open-vm-tools:sid	eq	2:11.2.5-2
open-vm-tools:sid	eq	2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:bullseye	eq	2:11.2.0-1
open-vm-tools:buster	eq	2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2