CVE-2023-20879 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations and vRealize Operations. An attacker with existing administrative privileges within the application can exploit this to gain root access to the underlying operating system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high privileges. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0, <= 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:8.6.0:hotfix4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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