module

vCenter Sudo Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
Jun 18, 2024

Description

VMware vCenter Server 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
Title
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