CVE-2023-20879 (GCVE-0-2023-20879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-27 16:33
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) Affected: VMware Aria Operations prior to 8.12
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