Vulnerabilities fixed in VMware ESXi and vCenter Server

VMware has fixed vulnerabilities in ESXi and vCenter Server. A malicious party can exploit the vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service on the host, or to grant itself elevated privileges to perform actions that the malicious party is not initially authorized to perform. This does require the...

CVE-2024-37087

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2024-07-30 08:10:29+00:00| seen| https://www.cert.at/de/warnungen/2024/7/kritische-sicherheitslucke-in-vmware-esxi-aktiv-ausgenutzt-update-verfugbar...

CVE-2024-37086

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2024-07-30 08:10:29+00:00| seen| https://www.cert.at/de/warnungen/2024/7/kritische-sicherheitslucke-in-vmware-esxi-aktiv-ausgenutzt-update-verfugbar...

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by "several" ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 CVSS score: 6.8, an Active Directory integration...

VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 Targeted in Ransomware Campaigns

On Monday, July 29, Microsoft published an extensive threat intelligence blog on observed exploitation of CVE-2024-37085, an Active Directory integration authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware ESXi hypervisors. The vulnerability, according to Redmond, was identified in...

New Linux Variant of Play Ransomware Targeting VMware ESXi Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a ransomware strain known as Play aka Balloonfly and PlayCrypt that's designed to target VMware ESXi environments. "This development suggests that the group could be broadening its attacks across the Linux platform, leading to an...

The vulnerability of the VMware ESXi hypervisor, related to deficiencies in authentication procedures, allows attackers to bypass the authentication process.

The vulnerability of the VMware ESXi hypervisor is related to deficiencies in the authentication process. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to bypass the authentication process...

The vulnerability of the VMware ESXi hypervisor, related to memory-walking, allows a attacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the VMware ESXi hypervisor is related to reading beyond the memory boundary. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

VMware ESXi 7.0 / 8.0 Authenticaton Bypass (CVE-2024-37085)

The version of VMware ESXi installed on the remote host is prior to 8.0 Update 3. It is, therefore, affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability as referenced in the VMSA-2024-0013 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's...

VMware ESXi Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0013)

VMware ESXi is prone to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2024-37085

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...

CVE-2024-37086

VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with an existing snapshot may trigger an out-of-bounds read leading to a denial-of-service condition of the host...

CVE-2024-37086

VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with an existing snapshot may trigger an out-of-bounds read leading to a denial-of-service condition of the host...

CVE-2024-37086

VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with an existing snapshot may trigger an out-of-bounds read leading to a denial-of-service condition of the host...

VMware ESXi Security Vulnerabilities

VMware ESXi is a suite of server virtualization platforms from VMware that can be installed directly on physical servers. A security vulnerability exists in VMware ESXi that stems from an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could result in a denial-of-service condition for the host...

PT-2024-4542 · Vmware · Vmware Esxi

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VMware ESXi affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read, which can be triggered by a malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine that has an existing snapshot. This...

PT-2024-4541

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi affected versions not specified 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...

CVE-2024-37085

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...

VMSA-2024-0013:VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-37085, CVE-2024-37086, CVE-2024-37087)

Advisory ID: | VMSA-2024-0013.2 ---|--- Advisory Severity: | Moderate CVSSv3 Range: | 5.3-6.8 Synopsis: | VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address multiple vulnerabilities CVE-2024-37085, CVE-2024-37086, CVE-2024-37087 Issue date: | 2024-06-25 Updated on: | 2024-08-12 CVEs | CVE-2024-37085,...

TargetCompany’s Linux Variant Targets ESXi Environments

In this blog entry, our researchers provide an analysis of TargetCompany ransomware’s Linux variant and how it targets VMware ESXi environments using new methods for payload delivery and execution...