CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi: Improper Authentication
- Act now
- CVSS 6.8 Medium
- CISA KEV, due
- VulnCheck KEV
- ENISA exploited-vulnerability catalog
What it is
ReportedVMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
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What is affected
ReportedVMware; ESXi. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.
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Urgency and basis
Tracker computedAct now
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Exploitation evidence
ReportedActive exploitation · CISA KEV · VulnCheck KEV · ENISA exploited-vulnerability catalog
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What to do
ReportedApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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Detection and validation
Mapped metadata availability only. These signals do not change priority.
Sigma
Exploiting CVE-2019-1388. Level: critical. Status: stable.
Open Sigma metadataAtomic
Azure Persistence Automation Runbook Created or Modified. Executor: powershell. Elevation: not required.
Open Atomic metadataNuclei
Not mapped by tracked sources.
Evidence detail
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