VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-37081
The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 4.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.99% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-556
- Affected
- vmware/vcenter server · vmware/cloud foundation
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.