VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in Active Directory improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Active Directory Handler. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-22245. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Updating the configuration settings is suggested.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Active Directory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Arbitrary Authentication Relay and Session Hijack vulnerabilities in the deprecated VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP) could allow a malicious actor that could trick a target domain user with EAP installed in their web browser into requesting and relaying service tickets for arbitrary Active Directory Service Principal Names (SPNs).

The weakness was presented 02/20/2024 as VMSA-2024-0003. The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-22245 since 01/08/2024. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/02/2024).

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.2
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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01/08/2024 🔍
02/20/2024 +43 days 🔍
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04/19/2025 +424 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2024-0003
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-22245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254238
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2024 19:30
Updated: 04/19/2025 13:40
Changes: 02/20/2024 19:30 (50), 08/02/2024 16:50 (15), 04/19/2025 13:40 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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