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
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