fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2024-38818

fkie_cve-2024-38818

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2024-10-09 20:15

Modified

2024-10-10 12:51

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Summary

VMware NSX contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated malicious actor may exploit this vulnerability to obtain permissions from a separate group role than previously assigned.

References

	URL	Tags
	security@vmware.com	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25047

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2024-38818 (GCVE-0-2024-38818)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-10-09 19:35

Modified

2024-10-09 21:05

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Summary

VMware NSX contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated malicious actor may exploit this vulnerability to obtain permissions from a separate group role than previously assigned.

References

URL

Tags

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25047

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation	Version: VMware NSX 4.x, VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

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