CVE-2024-37085
medium · 6.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Added 2024-07-30Remediation due 2024-08-20
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.
6.8
CVSS
26.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2024-06-25
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-287CWE-305
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| vmware | cloud_foundation | >= 4.0, < 5.2 |
| vmware | esxi | 7.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
| vmware | esxi | 8.0 |
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References
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-37085
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2024-37085