CVE-2020-4006 (GCVE-0-2020-4006)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-23 21:22
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Command Injection
Summary
VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Workspace One Access (Access), VMware Workspace One Access Connector (Access Connector), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware Identity Manager Connector (vIDM Connector), VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Version: Multiple
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4006

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