CVE-2024-38831 Local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-38831)

High 7.8 Published 26 Nov 2024 Updated 26 Nov 2024

A local attacker with admin privileges can inject commands into a properties file to escalate privileges to root on the VMware Aria Operations 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-2024-38831?

CVE-2024-38831 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 26 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can insert malicious commands into the properties file to escalate privileges to a root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38831?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Vmware Aria Operations, Vmware Cloud Foundation.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38831?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2024-38831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7mjq-fcrm-26pg.