CVE-2020-4006 Multiple VMware Products Command Injection
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on VMware Workspace One Access and Identity Manager servers, potentially compromising the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 3 Nov 2021
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4006?
CVE-2020-4006 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 23 Nov 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4006?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Identity Manager, Vmware Identity Manager Connector, Vmware One Access, Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4006?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-4006 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-4006 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation
- CVE-2024-38812 VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2024-37079 Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection
- CVE-2021-22005 VMware vCenter Server File Upload
- CVE-2021-21985 VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hj5r-2q87-qf8g.