Moderate
VMSA-2023-0020
6.7
2023-09-26
2023-09-26 (Initial Advisory)
CVE-2023-34043
VMware Aria Operations updates address local privilege escalation vulnerability. (CVE-2023-34043)
1. Impacted Products
Aria Operations
2. Introduction
A local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Aria Operations was responsibly reported to VMware. Updates are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products.
3. Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2023-34043)
Description
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate Severity Range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 6.7.
Known Attack Vectors
A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to ‘root’.
Resolution
To remediate CVE-2023-34043 apply the updates listed in the ‘Fixed Version’ column of the ‘Response Matrix’ below.
Workarounds
None.
Additional Documentation
None.
Notes
None.
Acknowledgements
VMware would like to thank thiscodecc of MoyunSec Vlab and Bing for reporting this issue to us.
Response Matrix
| Product | Version | Running On | CVE Identifier | CVSSv3 | Severity | Fixed Version | Workarounds | Additional Documentation |
|
VMware Aria Operations
|
8.12.x
|
Any
|
CVE-2023-34043
|
moderate
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||
|
VMware Aria Operations
|
8.10.x
|
Any
|
CVE-2023-34043
|
moderate
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||
|
VMware Aria Operations
|
8.6.x
|
Any
|
CVE-2023-34043
|
moderate
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||
|
VMware Cloud Foundation (VMware Aria Operations)
|
5.x
|
Any
|
CVE-2023-34043
|
moderate
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||
|
VMware Cloud Foundation (VMware Aria Operations)
|
4.x
|
Any
|
CVE-2023-34043
|
moderate
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
4. References
5. Change Log
2023-09-26 VMSA-2023-0020
Initial security advisory.
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