CVE-2024-38813

VMware · Published September 17, 2024

9.8

CVSS v3.1

CRITICAL

CISA KEV — Federal agencies must patch by deadline

Actively exploited in the wild

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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 Products

Cloud Foundation < 5.2
Vcenter Server

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H