CVE-2024-22250 Session Hijack Vulnerability in Deprecated EAP Browser Plugin
A local attacker can hijack privileged VMware EAP sessions initiated by domain users on the same Windows system, leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-22250?
CVE-2024-22250 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP), published on 20 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Session Hijack vulnerability in Deprecated VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in could allow a malicious actor with unprivileged local access to a windows operating system can hijack a privileged EAP session when initiated by a privileged domain user on the same system.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22250?
How do I fix CVE-2024-22250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-22250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q55v-xrhh-mmwj.