cve-2023-20879
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-12 00:00
Modified
2025-01-27 16:33
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
VMware Aria Operations contains a Local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in the Aria Operations application can gain root access to the underlying operating system.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| ▼ | n/a | VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) |
Version: VMware Aria Operations prior to 8.12 |
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