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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-4006

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
Multiple VMware Products Command Injection Vulnerability — VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector contain a command injection vulnerability. An
Published: Nov 3, 2021  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

Multiple VMware Products Command Injection Vulnerability — VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector contain a command injection vulnerability. An attacker with network access to the administrative configurator on port 8443 and a valid password for the configurator administrator account can execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

CVE-2020-4006 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting VMware Workspace One Access and related products, allowing authenticated attackers with access to port 8443 to execute arbitrary OS commands with unrestricted privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.0 and publicly available exploits, this poses an immediate threat to organizations using VMware identity and access management solutions. Immediate patching is essential as the vulnerability requires only network access and valid administrative credentials to compromise entire infrastructure.

📄 Description (Arabic)

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 19, 2026 11:47
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses severe risk to Saudi banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions), government agencies (NCA oversight), and large enterprises using VMware identity solutions. Saudi Aramco and energy sector organizations relying on Workspace One for access control face critical exposure. Telecom operators (STC, Mobily, Zain) managing millions of user identities are at high risk. Healthcare institutions and financial services firms using VMware for administrative access management could experience complete system compromise, enabling lateral movement to critical systems and data exfiltration.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services Government and Public Administration Healthcare and Medical Institutions Energy and Utilities (Aramco, SABIC) Telecommunications (STC, Mobily, Zain) Large Enterprises and Corporations Education and Universities Insurance and Investment Firms
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector instances in your environment
2. Restrict network access to port 8443 to only authorized administrative networks using firewall rules
3. Implement IP whitelisting for the administrative configurator interface
4. Enforce strong password policies (minimum 16 characters, complexity requirements) for configurator administrator accounts
5. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for administrative access if available

PATCHING GUIDANCE:
1. Apply VMware security patches immediately:
- Workspace One Access: Update to version 20.01.0.1 or later
- Identity Manager: Update to version 3.3.3 or later
- Access Connector: Apply corresponding patch versions
2. Test patches in non-production environment first
3. Schedule maintenance windows for production deployment
4. Verify patch application by checking version numbers post-deployment

COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patching delayed):
1. Implement network segmentation isolating administrative interfaces
2. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect command injection patterns
3. Monitor port 8443 for suspicious activity and failed authentication attempts
4. Implement command execution monitoring on VMware servers
5. Conduct daily access reviews of configurator administrator accounts

DETECTION RULES:
1. Monitor for HTTP POST requests to /admin endpoints on port 8443 with suspicious payloads containing shell metacharacters (|, ;, &, $, `, etc.)
2. Alert on multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful login to port 8443
3. Monitor process execution on VMware servers for unexpected child processes spawned from Java/Tomcat processes
4. Log and alert on any command execution with system-level privileges from configurator service accounts
5. Implement SIEM rules to detect encoded command injection attempts (base64, URL encoding)
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع نسخ VMware Workspace One Access و Access Connector و Identity Manager و Identity Manager Connector في بيئتك
2. تقييد الوصول إلى الشبكة للمنفذ 8443 إلى الشبكات الإدارية المصرح بها فقط باستخدام قواعد جدار الحماية
3. تطبيق قائمة بيضاء للعناوين IP لواجهة المُكوِّن الإداري
4. فرض سياسات كلمات مرور قوية (16 حرفاً كحد أدنى، متطلبات التعقيد) لحسابات مسؤول المُكوِّن
5. تفعيل المصادقة متعددة العوامل (MFA) للوصول الإداري إن أمكن

إرشادات التصحيح:
1. تطبيق تصحيحات أمان VMware فوراً:
- Workspace One Access: التحديث إلى الإصدار 20.01.0.1 أو أحدث
- Identity Manager: التحديث إلى الإصدار 3.3.3 أو أحدث
- Access Connector: تطبيق إصدارات التصحيح المقابلة
2. اختبار التصحيحات في بيئة غير الإنتاج أولاً
3. جدولة نوافذ الصيانة لنشر الإنتاج
4. التحقق من تطبيق التصحيح بفحص أرقام الإصدار بعد النشر

الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر التصحيح):
1. تطبيق تقسيم الشبكة لعزل الواجهات الإدارية
2. نشر قواعد جدار تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن أنماط حقن الأوامر
3. مراقبة المنفذ 8443 للنشاط المريب ومحاولات المصادقة الفاشلة
4. تطبيق مراقبة تنفيذ الأوامر على خوادم VMware
5. إجراء مراجعات يومية للوصول لحسابات مسؤول المُكوِّن

قواعد الكشف:
1. مراقبة طلبات HTTP POST إلى نقاط نهاية /admin على المنفذ 8443 مع حمولات مريبة تحتوي على أحرف shell (|، ;، &، $، `، إلخ)
2. التنبيه على محاولات مصادقة متعددة فاشلة متبوعة بتسجيل دخول ناجح إلى المنفذ 8443
3. مراقبة تنفيذ العمليات على خوادم VMware للعمليات الفرعية غير المتوقعة التي تم إنشاؤها من عمليات Java/Tomcat
4. تسجيل والتنبيه على أي تنفيذ أوامر بامتيازات على مستوى النظام من حسابات خدمة المُكوِّن
5. تطبيق قواعد SIEM للكشف عن محاولات حقن الأوامر المشفرة (base64، ترميز URL)
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information Security Policies and Procedures A.6.1.1 - Access Control Policy A.6.2.1 - User Registration and De-registration A.6.2.2 - User Access Rights A.9.2.1 - User Endpoint Devices A.9.4.1 - Restriction of Access to Information A.10.1.1 - Cryptography Policy A.12.4.1 - Event Logging A.12.4.3 - Administrator and Operator Logs A.14.2.1 - Secure Development Policy
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-2 - Software Platforms and Applications PR.AC-1 - Processes and procedures for access management PR.AC-4 - Access rights and privileges PR.PT-1 - Protective technology deployment DE.AE-1 - Audit and accountability of events DE.CM-1 - System monitoring RS.AN-1 - Characterization of incident
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies A.6.1.1 - Access control policy A.6.2.1 - User registration and de-registration A.6.2.2 - User access rights review A.9.2.1 - User endpoint devices A.9.4.1 - Restriction of access to information A.12.4.1 - Event logging A.12.4.3 - Administrator and operator logs A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
Requirement 1.1 - Firewall configuration standards Requirement 2.1 - Default security parameters Requirement 6.2 - Security patches installation Requirement 7.1 - Access control implementation Requirement 8.1 - User identification and authentication Requirement 10.2 - User access logging
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
VMware:Multiple Products
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS12.83%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2022-05-03
Published 2021-11-03
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 3
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.2
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
kev actively-exploited
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