Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Broadcom products - CVE-2022-22973

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Broadcom products - CVE-2022-22973

Published: May 18, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63407
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22973
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A local user can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.


Affected software

VMware Identity Manager
Cloud Foundation
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
VMware Workspace One Access

How to mitigate CVE-2022-22973

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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