CVE-2024-38813
VMware vCenter Server: Privilege Escalation
As of , CVE-2024-38813 in VMware vCenter Server is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 20 November 2024
- US federal deadline
- 11 December 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.17Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 20 November 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.broadcom.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's description
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.
The CVE record's description, from vmware
- CVE published
- 17 September 2024
- Assigned by
- vmware
- CVSS
- 7.5 High (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-273
- Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
- CWE-250
- Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
vCenter Server: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-3952Information Disclosure | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.90 | 0.90 | ||
| CVE-2021-21972Remote Code Execution | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2021-21985Improper Input Validation | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2021-22005File Upload | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2022-22948Incorrect Default File Permissions | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekMetasploit module | 0.13 | ||
| CVE-2023-34048Out-of-Bounds Write | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekEPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2024-38812Heap-Based Buffer Overflow | VMware vCenter Server | Patch this weekEPSS 0.55 | 0.55 | ||
| CVE-2021-22017Improper Access Control | VMware vCenter Server | Patch soon | 0.49 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org