CVE-2024-38813
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-38813 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-20) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-38813: VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-11-20
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