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CVE-2024-37081

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 18, 2024 at 05:43 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCloud FoundationvCenter Server

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cloud Foundation· VMware
95%
4.0 ≤ v < 5.24.0 ≤ v < 6.04.04.x5.x
Affected range stops below 5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
vCenter Server· VMware
95%
7.0 ≤ v < 7.0 U3r7.0 ≤ v < 7.0u3r8.0 ≤ v < 8.0 U2d8.0 ≤ v < 8.0u2d7.07.0 a7.0 b7.0 c7.0 d7.0 update17.0 update1a7.0 update1c7.0 update1d7.0 update27.0 update2a7.0 update2b7.0 update2c7.0 update2d7.0 update37.0 update3a7.0 update3c7.0 update3d7.0 update3e7.0 update3f7.0 update3g7.0 update3h7.0 update3i7.0 update3j7.0 update3k7.0 update3l7.0 update3m7.0 update3n7.0 update3o7.0 update3p7.0 update3q8.08.0 a8.0 b8.0 c8.0 update18.0 update1a8.0 update1b8.0 update1c8.0 update1d8.0 update1e8.0 update28.0 update2a8.0 update2b8.0 update2c
Affected range stops below 7.0 U3r, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0 U2d, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHvmware
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-556

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