Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2024-37085

TLP:CLEAR

VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.

Facts

  • Vendor: VMware
  • Product: ESXi
  • CVSS: 6.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 26.8 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 30 July 2024
  • First known exploitation: 30 July 2024
  • Used in ransomware campaigns (per CISA): Yes
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 20 August 2024
  • Weakness: CWE-305
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 30 July 2024

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD