Medium severity · published Sep 27, 2023
CVE-2023-34043
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Aria Operations · Vmware
8.6.0; 8.10.0; 8.12.0; 8.12.0; 8.12.0; 8.12.0 · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
4.0 before 4.4; 5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34043
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34043
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0020.html
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