VMware Carbon Black has critical vulnerability

VMware
has
disclosed
a
critical
vulnerability
in
its
Carbon
Black
endpoint
security
platform.

Carbon
Black
provides
application
control,
anti-virus
and
policy
enforcement
for
enterprise
endpoints
under
a
single
admin
console.

Carbon
Black’s
application
control
versions
8.7x,
8.8x
and
8.9x
running
on
Windows
are
subject
to

CVE-2023-20858,
which
carries
a
critical
CVSS
score
of
9.1.

VMware
describes
it
as
an
injection
vulnerability.
An
attacker
would
need
compromised
user
credentials
to
exploit
the
bug,
since
they
need
privileged
access
to
the
app
control
administration
console
via
the
network.

With
access,
an
attacker
can
then
feed
the
console
crafted
input,
and
get
access
to
the
underlying
server
operating
system.

The
bug
was
discovered
by
HackerOne
researcher
Jari
Jääskelä.

The
company
also
announced CVE-2023-20855,
a
CVSS
8.8-scored
vulnerability
in
its
vRealize
Orchestrator,
vRealize
Automation,
and
VMware
Cloud
Foundation
products.

“A
malicious
actor,
with
non-administrative
access
to
vRealize
Orchestrator,
may
be
able
to
use
specially
crafted
input
to
bypass
XML
parsing
restrictions
leading
to
access
to
sensitive
information
or
possible
escalation
of
privileges”,
VMware’s
advisory
stated.

The
bug
was
reported
by
Germany’s
State
Office
for
Information
Technology
and
Statistics
(IT.NRW).

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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