CVE-2024-38831 (GCVE-0-2024-38831)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-26 11:50 – Updated: 2024-11-26 15:06
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Title
Local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-38831)
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
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VMware VMware Aria Operations Affected: 8.x , < 8.18.2 (proprietary)
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