VMSA-2022-0034

• VMware vRealize Operations (vROps)

Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) were privately reported to VMware. Patches and updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products.

vRealize Operations (vROps) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 7.2.

A malicious actor with administrative privileges in the vROps application can gain root access to the underlying operating system.

To remediate CVE-2022-31707 apply the fixes listed in the ‘Fixed Version’ column of the ‘Response Matrix’ below.

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VMware would like to thank Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, and thiscodecc of MoyunSec TopBreaker Labs and Bing Liu of MoyunSec for independently reporting this issue to us.

A malicious actor with admin privileges in the vROps application can read sensitive information from the underlying operating system.

To remediate CVE-2022-31708 apply the updates listed in the ‘Fixed Version’ column of the ‘Response Matrix’ below.

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VMware would like to thank Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, and thiscodecc of MoyunSec TopBreaker Labs and Bing Liu of MoyunSec for independently reporting this issue to us.

Fixed Version(s) and Release Notes:

VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) 8.10.1 Release Notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations/8.10.1/rn/vrealize-operations-8101-release-notes/index.html

VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) 8.6.x KB90232: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/90232

VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) 8.10

Downloads and Documentation:

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vrealize_operations/8_10

https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations/8.10/rn/vrealize-operations-810-release-notes/index.html

Mitre CVE Dictionary Links:

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-31707

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-31708

FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator:

CVE-2022-31707:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-31708:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

2022-12-15 VMSA-2022-0034

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