VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18 HF4 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18 HF4. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-22231. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18 HF4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can escalate their privileges to root on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

The advisory is shared for download at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22231 since 01/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/01/2025).

Applying the patch 8.18 HF5 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: 8.18 HF5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22231 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22231
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302660
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2025 19:09
Changes: 04/01/2025 19:09 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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