Vulnerabilities on vmwareidentity.de (XSS) and in VMware UEM (exportable authentication certificate)

This post is a short notice about vulnerabilities in VMware products I found earlier this year. During a penetration test of a freshly built environment, I took a closer look at VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) in combination with devices enrolled and managed via VMware Unified Endpoint Management (UEM). I found a reflected XSS vulnerability on VMware’s authenticator vmwareidentity.de that can be abused by sending links to unauthenticated victims. Also, I found it possible to export a user’s authentication certificate, which allows to access zero trust protected resources without access to the user’s device or account on a trusted system. [Read More]