Vulnerability Details CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.537
EPSS Ranking 97.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.8
Proposed Action
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
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Products affected by CVE-2024-37085
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.3.11
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0