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Medium severity · published Nov 22, 2023
CVE-2023-43082
Dell Unity prior to 5.3 contains a 'man in the middle' vulnerability in the vmadapter component
5.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell Unity prior to 5.3 contains a 'man in the middle' vulnerability in the vmadapter component. If a customer has a certificate signed by a third-party public Certificate Authority, the vCenter CA could be spoofed by an attacker who can obtain a CA-signed certificate.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UO
Unity Operating Environment · Dell
before 5.3.0.0.5.120 · source: NVD
UX
Unity XT Operating Environment · Dell
before 5.3.0.0.5.120 · source: NVD
UO
Unityvsa Operating Environment · Dell
before 5.3.0.0.5.120 · source: NVD
Affected product
UO
Unity Operating Environment
Dell
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43082
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43082
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000213152/dsa-2023-141-dell-unity-unity-vsa-and-unity-xt-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities
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