VMware Aria Ops: Deserialization Exec with Admin Privs - CVE-2023-20878
CVE-2023-20878 Published on May 12, 2023
VMware Aria Operations contains a deserialization vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary commands and disrupt the system.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-20878 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Marshaling, Unmarshaling Vulnerability?
The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
CVE-2023-20878 has been classified to as a Marshaling, Unmarshaling vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-20878
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Exploit Probability
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