Latest vCenter vulnerabilities
Broadcom has issued a security advisory for VMware vCenter that indicates that one of the two vulnerabilities disclosed on the 17th of September, 2024, CVE-2024-38812, which was fully patched by October 21, is under active exploitation in the wild.
This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, which is considered highly critical.
What is the impact?
An attacker with remote access to a vulnerable system could send specially crafted requests that could trigger a heap-overflow and result in remote code execution or privilege escalation into root.
Are updates or workarounds available?
Broadcom has issued patches to resolve both vulnerabilities. Reference the Response Matrix section of the advisory for the appropriate fixed version to apply in your environment.
How to find potentially vulnerable systems with runZero
From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate systems running potentially vulnerable software:
product:vCenter
CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-33813 (September 2024)
Broadcom has issued a security advisory for two vulnerabilities that affect VMware vCenter, which exists in both VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation products.
- CVE-2024-38812 is rated critical with CVSS score of 9.8, and potentially allows for remote code execution.
CVE-2024-38813 is rated high with CVSS score of 7.5, which can result in privilege escalation into root.
What is the impact?
An attacker with remote access to a vulnerable system could send specially crafted requests that could trigger a heap-overflow and result in remote code execution or privilege escalation into root.
Are updates or workarounds available?
Broadcom has issued patches to resolve both vulnerabilities. Reference the Response Matrix section of the advisory for the appropriate fixed version to apply in your environment.
How to find potentially vulnerable systems with runZero
From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate systems running potentially vulnerable software:
product:vCenter
About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.
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