Vulnerability · Published Nov 26, 2024 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2024-38831Local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-38831)
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity command injection in VMware Aria Operations from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can insert malicious commands into the properties file to escalate privileges to a root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | VMware Aria Operations | 8.x – before 8.18.2 |
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H