VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation: authentication bypass (CVE-2024-37085) #shorts #breaking

CVE

This CVE relates to an authentication bypass vulnerability found in VMware ESXi. The vulnerability is about 4 months old and is categorized as a zero-day exploit, meaning it was not previously known and has no immediate fix upon discovery. Specifically, a malicious actor with the necessary Active Directory permissions can achieve full access to an ESXi host. This is possible if the ESXi host was configured to use Active Directory for user management and the attacker is able to re-create the AD group 'ESXi Admins' after it was deleted. This insidious flaw primarily targets organizations utilizing affected versions of VMware ESXi, which include versions less than ESXi80U3-24022510 and version 7.0, as well as VMware Cloud Foundation versions 5.x and 4.x.

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CVE database technical details

CVE ID
CVE-2024-37085
Description
VMware 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 https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
Provider
vmware
CWE / problem types
Authentication bypass vulnerability
Affected Software Versions
n/a:VMware ESXi:[{'lessThan': 'ESXi80U3-24022510', 'status': 'affected', 'version': '8.0', 'versionType': 'custom'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.0'}],n/a:VMware Cloud Foundation:[{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.x'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '4.x'}]
Date Published
2024-06-25T14:16:01.280Z
Last Updated
2024-08-02T03:43:50.997Z