CVE-2023-20878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Aria Operations contains a deserialization vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary commands and disrupt the 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 0.00557.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Vmware	Cloud Foundation Vrealize Operations

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix6::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix8::::::
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25050	VMware Aria Operations contains a deserialization vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary commands and disrupt the 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-2023-0009.html

History

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +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: 2025-01-27T18:02:14.568Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-20878

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:32.967Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-12T21:15:09.093

Modified: 2025-01-27T18:15:32.473

Link: CVE-2023-20878

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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