CVE-2023-20858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

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.

The EPSS score is 0.05075.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Vmware	Carbon Black App Control

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25037	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0004.html

History

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +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: 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-17T18:25:57.164Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-20858

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:14:40.980Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-22T00:15:11.570

Modified: 2025-03-17T19:15:17.847

Link: CVE-2023-20858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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