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VMware has released a critical security upgrade to address a critical injection vulnerability that impacts several versions of Carbon Black App Control for Windows. Carbon Black App Control is a suite designed to help large organizations ensure that its critical endpoints run only trusted and approved software.
VMware has fixed a critical vulnerability in Carbon Black App Control, its enterprise solution for preventing untrusted software from executing on critical systems and endpoints. Even though the flaw has been privately reported to VMware, and there is no mention of it being actively exploited, admins are urged to upgrade to a fixed version as soon as possible.
VMware on Tuesday released patches to address a critical security vulnerability affecting its Carbon Black App Control product. Tracked as CVE-2023-20858, the shortcoming carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10 and impacts App Control versions 8.7.x, 8.8.x, and 8.9.x. The virtualization services provider describes the issue as an injection vulnerability.
VMware has admitted an update on some versions of its Carbon Black endpoint solution is responsible for BSODs and boot loops on Windows machines after multiple organizations were affected by the problem. The problem surfaced yesterday, with threat hunter Tim Geschwindt stating on Twitter he knew of about 50 organizations struggling with the issue, and saying the Carbon Black endpoint solution was "Causing blue screens of death for devices running sensor version 3.7.0.1253".
Windows servers and workstations at dozens of organizations started to crash earlier today because of an issue caused by certain versions of VMware's Carbon Black endpoint security solution. The root of the problem is a ruleset deployed today to Carbon Black Cloud Sensor 3.6.0.1979 - 3.8.0.398 that causes devices to crash and show a blue screen at startup, denying access to them.
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VMware has patched two security flaws, an OS command injection vulnerability and a file upload hole, in its Carbon Black App Control security product running on Windows. According to VMware, it could allow authenticated attackers with high privileges and network access to the VMware App Control administration interface to remotely execute commands on the server.
VMware on Wednesday released software updates to plug two critical security vulnerabilities affecting its Carbon Black App Control platform that could be abused by a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code on affected installations in Windows systems. VMware Carbon Black App Control is an application allow listing solution that's used to lock down servers and critical systems, prevent unwanted changes, and ensure continuous compliance with regulatory mandates.