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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201123

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

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 self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201123

File Name: vmware_esxi_vmsa-2024-0013_CVE-2024-37085.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/28/2024

Updated: 7/1/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37085

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/vsphere

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37085

IAVA: 2024-A-0373

VMSA: 2024-0013

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