Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Affects VMware Aria Operations

CVE-2024-38830

Summary

VMware Aria Operations is susceptible to a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a malicious actor with existing local administrative privileges to escalate their access to the root user level on the appliance. This weakness poses a serious risk as it can lead to unauthorized control of the system, enabling the attacker to perform critical actions that can compromise the integrity and confidentiality of the underlying infrastructure. Organizations must assess their deployments and apply the necessary mitigations to protect their systems from potential exploitation.

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