CVE-2024-38831 HIGH

CVE-2024-38831: Local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-38831)

Vendor Vmware
Product VMware Aria Operations
Published November 26, 2024
Last update November 26, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.  A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can insert malicious commands into the properties file to escalate privileges to  a root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 26, 2024 CVE published
November 26, 2024 Record updated