High severity · published Nov 26, 2024
CVE-2024-38831
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can insert malicious commands into the…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can insert malicious commands into the properties file to escalate privileges to a root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Aria Operations · Vmware
8.0 before 8.18.2 · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
4.0 through 5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38831
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38831
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25199
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