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CVE-2024-38813: VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2024-38813
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: VMwareproduct: vCenter ServerPrivilege escalation
What
An improper check for dropped privileges could allow privilege escalation to root.
Who is affected
Users with network access to VMware vCenter Server.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical.
Action
Update VMware vCenter Server to the latest version to address this issue.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-11-20
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38813

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-38813coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for VMware vCenter Server

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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