High severity · published Jun 25, 2024
CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
7.2
CVSS
26.8%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)26.8% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Jul 30, 2024
Federal remediation dueAug 20, 2024
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
8.0 before ESXi80U3-24022510; 7.0 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA, KEV
VC
VMware Cloud Foundation ·
5.x; 4.x · source: vendor
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
4.0 before 5.2 · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37085
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
support.broadcom.com
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
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