PT-2023-2976 · Vmware · Vmware Aria Operations

Bing + 1 · Published 2023-05-11 · Updated 2023-06-02 · CVE-2023-20879

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Aria Operations (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a Local privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in the Aria Operations application can gain root access to the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is also associated with insufficient access control in the virtual infrastructure monitoring tool.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-02993

CVE-2023-20879

Affected Products

Vmware Aria Operations

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20879 · Security Note
• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0009.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-02993 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023051209 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/50366 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/51638 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/64060 · Telegram Post