Application-administrator escalation to operating-system root
Published May 12, 2023 · Updated Jan 27, 2025
Local privilege escalation in VMware Aria Operations before 8.12 allows attackers with application admin rights to gain OS root access. VMware has not disclosed the affected component or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires administrative privileges in the application and yields full control of the underlying appliance operating system.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in VMware Aria Operations before 8.12 allows attackers with application admin rights to gain OS root access. VMware has not disclosed the affected component or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires administrative privileges in the application and yields full control of the underlying appliance operating system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-20879
- Published
- May 12, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 27, 2025
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- VMware Aria Operations
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 12, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=VMware Aria Operations prior to 8.12
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