CVE-2020-4006 vulnerability in VMware Products
Published on November 23, 2020
VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector Comm vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-4006 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2020-4006 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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