Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2024 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2024-37081
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in VMware Cloud Foundation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.0% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)5.0%top 7.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC
Official description
The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges may exploit these issues to elevate privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware vCenter Server | 8.0 – before 8.0 U2d7.0 – before 7.0 U3r |
| n/a | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x4.x |
Weakness: CWE-556 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H