CVE-2024-37081

VMware vCenter Sudo Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

vCenter Server contiene múltiples vulnerabilidades de escalada de privilegios locales debido a una mala configuración de sudo. Un usuario local autenticado con privilegios no administrativos puede aprovechar estos problemas para elevar los privilegios a root en vCenter Server Appliance.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-06-03 CVE Reserved
2024-06-18 CVE Published
2024-07-06 First Exploit
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-556: ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/182981	2024-12-05
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/189647	2025-03-10
https://github.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2024-37081	2024-07-06
https://github.com/Mr-r00t11/CVE-2024-37081	2024-07-09
https://github.com/CERTologists/Modified-CVE-2024-37081-POC	2024-07-21
https://github.com/CERTologists/-CVE-2024-37081-POC	2024-07-21

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Cloud Foundation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Cloud Foundation"				*		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Vcenter Server Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Vcenter Server"				*		-		Affected