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high 7.5

CVE-2024-38813 kev in the critical feed json

Privilege escalation vulnerability

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-37704

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2024-11-20
epss
17.4%
EPSS 17.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  • n/a VMware vCenter Server 7.0 U3s, 8.0 U3b
  • broadcom vmware_center_server 7.0_u3s, 8.0_u3b
  • broadcom vmware_cloud_foundation 5.0, 6.0

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
last yr.
Patch by
2024-12-11 (last yr.)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
VMware, vCenter Server
CISA name
VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

17.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a VMware vCenter Server
  • n/a VMware Cloud Foundation
  • broadcom vmware_center_server
  • broadcom vmware_cloud_foundation

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.