CVE-2024-37081

HIGH

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published6/18/2024

Last Modified6/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

vmware:cloud_foundationvmware:vcenter_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-556

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453(security@vmware.com)

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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