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VMWare Aria Operations < 8.16 PrivEsc (VMSA-2024-0004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190887

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Synopsis

A web application running on the remote server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of VMWare Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) running on the remote web server is < 8.16.0.23251571. It is, therefore, affected by the following:

 - VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMWare Aria Operations 8.16.0.1706185032 or later, or follow the steps in KB 92148.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4b75b4b7

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/92148

http://www.nessus.org/u?316a78f9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190887

File Name: vmware_aria_operations_for_networks_VMSA-2024-0004.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/22/2024

Updated: 3/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-22235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vrealize_operations

Required KB Items: installed_sw/vRealize Operations Manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-22235

IAVA: 2024-A-0109

VMSA: 2024-0004