Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple VMware Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2022-22943

VMware Tools for Windows could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system privileges in the Windows guest OS.

CVE-2022-22946 

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Gateway could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by using an HTTP2 insecure TrustManager. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to connect to remote services with invalid or custom certificates.

CVE-2022-22947 

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Gateway could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Impact

• Privilege Escalation
• Security Bypass
• Code Execution

Indicators of Compromise

CVE

• CVE-2022-22943
• CVE-2022-22946
• CVE-2022-22947

Affected Vendors

VMware

Affected Products

• VMware Tools for Windows 11.0
• VMware Tools for Windows 10.0
• Spring Spring Cloud Gateway 3.1.0
• Spring Spring Cloud Gateway 3.0.0
• Spring Spring Cloud Gateway 3.0.6

Remediation

Refer to Vmware Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

VMware Tools for Windows

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0007.html

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Gateway

https://spring.io/blog/2022/03/01/spring-cloud-gateway-cve-reports-published