Vulnerability Details CVE-2024-38813
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.246
EPSS Ranking 95.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Proposed Action
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.
Ransomware Campaign
Unknown
References
Products affected by CVE-2024-38813
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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:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0