CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-38813
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — VMware vCenter Server
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.
- Added to KEV
- 2024-11-20
- Remediation due
- 2024-12-11
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38813
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-250, CWE-273
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware cloud foundation (>= 4.0 < 5.2)
• vmware vcenter server 7.0
• vmware vcenter server 8.0