CVE-2024-38817

Oct. 10, 2024, 12:51 p.m.

6.7
Medium

Description

VMware NSX contains a command injection vulnerability.  A malicious actor with access to the NSX Edge CLI terminal may be able to craft malicious payloads to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
VMware NSX

Weaknesses

CWE-77
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
The product 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.

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25047

Tags

security@vmware.com
CWE-77
2024-10-09
CVE-2024-38817

CVSS Score

6.7 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Date

  • Published: Oct. 9, 2024, 8:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: Oct. 10, 2024, 12:51 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@vmware.com

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