CVE-2024-37081

highpriority · track · 12EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileexploit · weaponizedDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

4 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

4.99% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

23 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USCWE-287USCWE-556US

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

affected products (23)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware vCenter Server <7.0 U3rall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <8.0 U1eall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <8.0 U2dall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 7.0 U3rcert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 8.0 U1ecert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 8.0 U2dcert_bundDE
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 4.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware vCenter Server7.0 → 7.0 U3renisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware vCenter Server8.0 → 8.0 U2denisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation4.0 → KB88287fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation5.0 → KB88287fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server7.0 → 7.0 U3rfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server8.0 → 8.0 U2dfstec_bduRU
vmware_cloud_foundationall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_cloud_foundation:4.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware_cloud_foundationall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_cloud_foundation:5.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware_vcenter_serverall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_vcenter_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware_vcenter_serverall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:n_a:vmware_vcenter_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud foundationall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter serverall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0262Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in VMware vCenterNL2024-06-18csaf · ncsc_nlNL
VMware heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in vCenter Server.
WID-SEC-W-2024-1395VMware vCenter Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-06-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware vCenter Server ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-06-18modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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