CVE-2020-3943 Code injection in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter

What is CVE-2020-3943?

CVE-2020-3943 is a critical code injection vulnerability in VMWare vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter, published on 19 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter (6.7.x prior to 6.7.1 and 6.6.x prior to 6.6.1) uses a JMX RMI service which is not securely configured. An unauthenticated remote attacker who has network access to vRealize Operations, with the Horizon Adapter running, may be able to execute arbitrary code in vRealize Operations.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3943?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vrealize Operations.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3943?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3943 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2020-3943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in VMWare vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter

• CVE-2016-7457 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-20856 Cross-site request forgery in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) High 8.8
• CVE-2022-31673 Information disclosure in VMware vRealize Operations High 8.8
• CVE-2020-3944 Auth bypass in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter High 8.6
• CVE-2016-7462 Deserialization in n/a High 8.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-69hc-w7p9-9v7x.