VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or ESX may exploit this issue to access other guest VMs. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of credentials of the targeted VMs and vCenter or ESX.

VMware Tools for Windows contains an improper authorisation vulnerability due to the way it handles user access controls. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM, who is already authenticated through vCenter or ESX may exploit this issue to access other guest VMs. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of credentials of the targeted VMs and vCenter or ESX.

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere, VMware Aria Operations und VMware Tools ausnutzen, um erweiterte Berechtigungen – sogar Administratorrechte – zu erlangen und vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.