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.
Published 2024-06-18 05:43:21
Updated 2024-07-03 02:04:06
Source VMware
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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2024-37081

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-37081

10.64%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2024-37081

  • vCenter Sudo Privilege Escalation
    Disclosure Date: 2024-06-18
    First seen: 2024-12-06
    exploit/linux/local/vcenter_sudo_lpe
    VMware vCenter Server < 7.0.3 update R and < 8.0.2 update D contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges may exploit these issues to elev

CVSS scores for CVE-2024-37081

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A
N/A
VMware 2024-06-18
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
VMware 2024-06-18

CWE ids for CVE-2024-37081

References for CVE-2024-37081

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