Critical
1. Impacted Products
- VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC)
2. Introduction
Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Carbon Black App Control were privately reported to VMware. Updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products.
3a. OS command injection vulnerability in VMware Carbon Black App Control (CVE-2022-22951)
Description
VMware Carbon Black App Control contains an OS command injection vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.1.
Known Attack Vectors
An authenticated, high privileged malicious actor with network access to the VMware App Control administration interface may be able to execute commands on the server due to improper input validation leading to remote code execution.
Resolution
To remediate CVE-2022-22951 apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found below.
Workarounds
None.
Additional Documentation
None.
Notes
Before using the download links make sure to log into the Carbon Black User Exchange (UEX).
Acknowledgements
VMware would like to thank Jari Jääskelä (@JJaaskela) for reporting this issue to us.
3b. File upload vulnerability in VMware Carbon Black App Control (CVE-2022-22952)
Description
VMware Carbon Black App Control contains a file upload vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.1.
Known Attack Vectors
A malicious actor with administrative access to the VMware App Control administration interface may be able to execute code on the Windows instance where AppC Server is installed by uploading a specially crafted file.
Resolution
To remediate CVE-2022-22952 apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found below.
Workarounds
None.
Additional Documentation
None.
Notes
Before using the download links make sure to log into the Carbon Black User Exchange (UEX).
Acknowledgements
VMware would like to thank Jari Jääskelä (@JJaaskela) for reporting this issue to us.
Response Matrix 3a, 3b
| Product | Version | Running On | CVE Identifier | CVSSv3 | Severity | Fixed Version | Workarounds | Additional Documentation |
|
AppC
|
8.8.x
|
Windows
|
CVE-2022-22951, CVE-2022-22952
|
critical
|
None
|
None
|
||
|
AppC
|
8.7.x
|
Windows
|
CVE-2022-22951, CVE-2022-22952
|
critical
|
None
|
None
|
||
|
AppC
|
8.6.x
|
Windows
|
CVE-2022-22951, CVE-2022-22952
|
critical
|
None
|
None
|
||
|
AppC
|
8.5.x
|
Windows
|
CVE-2022-22951, CVE-2022-22952
|
critical
|
None
|
None
|
4. References
Fixed Version(s) and Release Notes:
VMware Carbon Black App Control 8.8.2, 8.7.4, 8.6.6, 8.5.14
Downloads and Documentation:
Mitre CVE Dictionary Links:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22951
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22952
FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator:
CVE-2022-22951: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-22952: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
5. Change Log
2022-03-23 VMSA-2022-0008
Initial security advisory.
6. Contact
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