9.8

CVE-2024-38813

Warning

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Update-
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate1
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate1a
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate1c
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate1d
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate2
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate2a
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate2b
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate2c
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate2d
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3a
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3c
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3d
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3e
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3f
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3g
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3h
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3i
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3j
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3k
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3l
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3m
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version7.0 Updateupdate3n
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Update-
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate1
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate1a
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate1b
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate1c
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate1d
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate1e
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate2
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate2a
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate2b
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate2c
VMware ≫ Vcenter Server Version8.0 Updateupdate2d

20.11.2024: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet.

Description

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Required actions
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 18.6% 0.95
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 9.8 3.9 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
security@vmware.com 7.5 1.6 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.