VMware Aria Ops LPE via Properties File
CVE-2024-38831 Published on November 26, 2024
Local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-38831)
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-38831 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Command Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2024-38831 has been classified to as a Command Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-38831
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Affected Versions
VMware Aria Operations:- Version 8.x and below 8.18.2 is affected.
- Version 8.0 and below 8.18.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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