Advisory Details

June 8th, 2023

VMware Aria Operations for Networks getNotifiedEvents Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2023-20888
CVSS SCORE	8.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	VMware
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Aria Operations for Networks
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the getNotifiedEvents method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of a service account that has unrestricted root privileges.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	VMware has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2023-04-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2023-06-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of Summoning Team (@SummoningTeam)

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