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CVE-2020-4006: Multiple VMware Products Command Injection Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2020-4006
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector contain a command injection vulnerability. An attacker with network access to the administrative configurator on port 8443 and a valid password for the configurator administrator account can execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: VMwareproduct: Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, Identity Manager ConnectorCode injection
What
The products contain a command injection vulnerability.
Who is affected
An attacker with network access to the administrative configurator can exploit this vulnerability.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to the potential for unrestricted command execution.
Action
Apply the patches provided by VMware.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4006

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2020-4006coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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