Summary
VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- vCenter Server
- Added to KEV
- Nov 20, 2024
- Remediation due
- Dec 11, 2024 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-250, CWE-273
- EPSS
- 17.4% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References