CVE-2024-37081 Privilege escalation in VMware Cloud Foundation
Authenticated local users can exploit sudo misconfigurations to escalate privileges to root on VMware vCenter Server Appliance.
- 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-2024-37081?
CVE-2024-37081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 18 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-556
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37081?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Vcenter Server.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37081?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37081 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-37081 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37081 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 3 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation
- CVE-2024-38812 VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2024-37079 Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection
- CVE-2021-22005 VMware vCenter Server File Upload
- CVE-2021-21985 VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhv4-3chh-r5jc.