Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2024-38813

TLP:CLEAR

VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation 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.

Facts

  • Vendor: VMware
  • Product: vCenter Server
  • CVSS: 7.5
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 17.4 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 20 November 2024
  • First known exploitation: 20 November 2024
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 11 December 2024
  • Weakness: CWE-250
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 20 November 2024

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