HIGHCVSS 7.5Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2024-11-20Vulnerability

CVE-2024-38813

VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet.

Properties

Euvd product
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation
Vulnerability name
VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T22:55:44+00:00
Cvss score
7.5
Epss score
0.17355
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2024-12-11
Euvd assigner
vmware
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2024-11-20T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2024-11-20
Score
7.5
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
VMware
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.5

Related Entities (53 · showing 24)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (49 · showing 20)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3l:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3j:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3k:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update1e:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3e:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:*

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

→[Weakness]Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
→[Weakness]Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2024-11-20

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