CVE-2024-38813

Privilege escalation vulnerability

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
June 19, 2024
Published Date
September 17, 2024
Last Updated
June 10, 2025
Vendor
n/a
Product
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation
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.
Tags
cisa

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5 - HIGH

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2024-11-20 00:00:00 UTC) Source

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2024-11-20 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel