cve/2023/CVE-2023-20871.md

### [CVE-2023-20871](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-20871)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=VMware%20Fusion&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=VMware%20Fusion%20Raw%20Disk%20local%20privilege%20escalation%20vulnerability&color=brighgreen)

### Description

VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/hheeyywweellccoommee/CVE-2023-20871-poc-jbwbi
- https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub