VMware fixed critical authentication bypass vulnerability

VMware patched a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products.

VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to gain admin privileges.

“A malicious actor with network access to the UI may be able to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate.” reads the advisory published by the virtualization giant.

The flaw impacts Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation products.

The flaw has been rated as critical and received a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8.

Organizations that cannot immediately address the flaw can use workarounds for this flaw which are detailed in the Knowledge Base articles.

The company acknowledged PetrusViet from VNG Security for reporting this flaw to them.

VMware also addressed these security flaws:

CVE-2022-31657 – URL Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2022-31658 – JDBC Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2022-31659 – SQL injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2022-31660 – Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2022-31661 – Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2022-31662 – Path traversal vulnerability
CVE-2022-31663 – Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
CVE-2022-31664 – Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2022-31665 – JDBC Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The above issues impact the following products:

VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access)
VMware Workspace ONE Access Connector (Access Connector)
VMware Identity Manager (vIDM)
VMware Identity Manager Connector (vIDM Connector)
VMware vRealize Automation (vRA)
VMware Cloud Foundation
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

“These vulnerabilities are authentication bypass, remote code execution, and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.” reads a post published by the company. “An authentication bypass means that an attacker with network access to Workspace ONE Access, VMware Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation can obtain administrator access. Remote code execution (RCE) means that an attacker can trick the components into executing commands that aren’t authorized. Privilege escalation means that an attacker with local access can become root on the virtual appliance. It is extremely important that you quickly take steps to patch or mitigate these issues in on-premises deployments.”

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.