VMware Aria Operations up to 8.6 HF10/8.10 HF8/8.12 HF4 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.6 HF10/8.10 HF8/8.12 HF4 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-34043. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.6 HF10/8.10 HF8/8.12 HF4. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.

The weakness was published 09/26/2023 as VMSA-2023-0020. It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-34043 since 05/25/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 8.6 HF11/8.10 HF9/8.12 HF5 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: 8.6 HF11/8.10 HF9/8.12 HF5

Timelineinfo

05/25/2023 🔍
09/26/2023 +124 days 🔍
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10/16/2023 +20 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2023-0020
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-34043 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240355
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2023 23:52
Updated: 10/16/2023 11:51
Changes: 09/26/2023 23:52 (39), 10/16/2023 11:51 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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