CVE-2024-38813
HIGH KEVVMware Cloud Foundation >=4.0 <5.2 and vCenter Server - Privilege Escalation to Root via Network Packet
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2024-38813 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 20, 2024.
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)
Core 2
Core References
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
0.2953
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
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2024-11-20
VulnCheck KEV
2024-11-18
InTheWild.io
2024-11-20
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2024-37704
CWE
CWE-273
CWE-250
Status
published
Products (3)
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.0 - 5.2
vmware/vcenter_server
7.0 (33 CPE variants)
vmware/vcenter_server
8.0 (15 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 17, 2024
KEV Added
Nov 20, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026