Description
VMware vCenter Server < 7.0.3 update R and < 8.0.2 update D contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges may exploit these issues to elevate privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.
Tested against VMware vCenter Server Appliance 8.0.0.10000 20519528
Module options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/linux/local/vcenter/sudo_lpemsf undefined(sudo_lpe) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(sudo_lpe) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(sudo_lpe) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(sudo_lpe) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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