Privilege escalation vulnerability
CVE-2024-38813
9.8CRITICAL
Key Information
- Vendor
- Vmware
- Status
- Vmware Vcenter Server
- Vmware Cloud Foundation
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 17 September 2024
Summary
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted network packet.
Affected Version(s)
VMware vCenter Server < 8.0 U3b
VMware vCenter Server < 7.0 U3s
VMware Cloud Foundation = 5.x
CVSS V3.1
Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Risk change from: null to: 7.5 - (HIGH)
Vulnerability published.
Collectors
NVD DatabaseMitre Database