7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-22960

Published: 13/04/2022 Updated: 08/08/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 761
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Vulnerability Trend

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vmware cloud_foundation

vmware identity_manager 3.3.3

vmware identity_manager 3.3.4

vmware identity_manager 3.3.5

vmware identity_manager 3.3.6

vmware vrealize_automation

vmware vrealize_automation 7.6

vmware vrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager

vmware workspace_one_access 20.10.0.0

vmware workspace_one_access 20.10.0.1

vmware workspace_one_access 21.08.0.0

vmware workspace_one_access 21.08.0.1

Exploits

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2022-22960 which allows the user to overwrite the permissions of the certproxyServicesh script so that it can be modified by the horizon user This allows a local attacker with the uid 1001 to escalate their privileges to root access ...
This Metasploit module combines two vulnerabilities in order achieve remote code execution in the context of the horizon user The first vulnerability, CVE-2022-22956, is an authentication bypass in OAuth2TokenResourceController ACS which allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism and execute any operation The ...

Recent Articles

Patch your VMware gear now – or yank it out, Uncle Sam tells federal agencies
The Register • Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor • 01 Jan 1970

Topics Security Off-Prem On-Prem Software Offbeat Vendor Voice Vendor Voice Resources Critical authentication bypass revealed, older flaws under active attack

Uncle Sam's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued two warnings in a single day to VMware users, as it believes the virtualization giant's products can be exploited by miscreants to gain control of systems. The agency rates this threat as sufficiently serious to demand US government agencies pull the plug on their VMware products if patches can’t be applied. Of the two warnings, one highlights a critical authentication bypass vulnerability – CVE-2022-22972, rated ...