VMware Carbon Black App Control up to 8.7.7/8.8.5/8.9.3 Administration Console injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in VMware Carbon Black App Control up to 8.7.7/8.8.5/8.9.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Administration Console. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-20858. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Carbon Black App Control up to 8.7.7/8.8.5/8.9.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Administration Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VMware Carbon Black App Control 8.7.x prior to 8.7.8, 8.8.x prior to 8.8.6, and 8.9.x.prior to 8.9.4 contain an injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileged access to the App Control administration console may be able to use specially crafted input allowing access to the underlying server operating system.

The weakness was published 02/22/2023 as VMSA-2023-0004. The advisory is shared for download at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-20858 since 11/01/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

Upgrading to version 8.7.8, 8.8.6 or 8.9.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25037). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Carbon Black App Control 8.7.8/8.8.6/8.9.4

Timelineinfo

11/01/2022 🔍
02/22/2023 +113 days 🔍
02/22/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/01/2025 +922 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2023-0004
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20858 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20858
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221600
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 02/22/2023 07:16
Updated: 09/01/2025 20:57
Changes: 02/22/2023 07:16 (41), 03/23/2023 20:53 (11), 03/17/2025 20:21 (26), 09/01/2025 20:57 (1)
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