VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.
Weakness
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aria_operations | Vmware | 8.0 (including) | 8.18.2 (excluding) |
| Cloud_foundation | Vmware | 4.0 (including) | 5.2 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html