CVE-2023-20879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Aria Operations contains a Local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in the Aria Operations application can gain root access to the underlying operating system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Vmware	Cloud Foundation Vrealize Operations

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0009.html

History

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-27T16:33:40.068Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-20879

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:32.990Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-12T21:15:09.133

Modified: 2025-01-27T17:15:10.337

Link: CVE-2023-20879

Redhat

No data.

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