CVE-2024-37081

high-risk
Published 2024-06-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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50.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 50% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

67
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 18/34 · Moderate
Exposure 25/34 · High