CVE-2023-34043

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.7 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Sep 27, 2023
Updated: Sep 29, 2023
CWE ID 269

Summary

CVE-2023-34043 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Aria Operations. Malicious actors with administrative access to the local system can exploit this flaw to escalate their privileges to the highest level, 'root', causing significant security risks. This vulnerability underlines the importance of keeping VMware Aria Operations, and all other software, up-to-date to minimize potential threats. VMware has released a patch to address this issue, and administrators are advised to apply it as soon as possible. This escalation can lead to unauthorized access, data theft, and system damage.

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Affected Products

  • VMware Cloud Foundation
  • VMware Aria Operations

Affected Vendors

  • VMware Inc.

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