CVE-2024-38813

HIGH KEV

Vmware Cloud Foundation < 5.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968

[US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38813

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.3111

EPSS Percentile 96.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

CISA KEV 2024-11-20

VulnCheck KEV 2024-11-18

InTheWild.io 2024-11-20

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2024-37704

Classification

CWE

CWE-273 CWE-250

Status published

Affected Products (49)

vmware/cloud_foundation < 5.2

vmware/vcenter_server

... and 34 more

Timeline

Published Sep 17, 2024

KEV Added Nov 20, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026