CVE-2023-20880

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Published May 12, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware Aria Operations prior to 8.12`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25052	VMware Aria Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.224% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0009.html

History

Jan 27, 2025 6:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Vmware Aria Operations Cloud Foundation

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 27, 2025, 5:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: May 12, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 27, 2025, 5:53 PM
Reserved: Nov 1, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:21 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:21 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:31 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 12, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:31 AM

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