VDB-254239 · CVE-2024-22250 · VMSA-2024-0003

VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in session fixiation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes session fixiation. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-22250. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to change the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Session Hijack vulnerability in Deprecated VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in could allow a malicious actor with unprivileged local access to a windows operating system can hijack a privileged EAP session when initiated by a privileged domain user on the same system.

The weakness was shared 02/20/2024 as VMSA-2024-0003. It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-22250 since 01/08/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around 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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Productinfo

Vendor

VMware

Name

Enhanced Authentication Plug-in

License

commercial

Support

end of life

Website

Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Temp Score: 7.9
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Session fixiation
CWE: CWE-384
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/08/2024 🔍
02/20/2024 +43 days 🔍
02/20/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2024 +164 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2024-0003
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-22250 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22250
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254239
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2024 19:30
Updated: 08/02/2024 16:50
Changes: 02/20/2024 19:30 (48), 03/08/2024 17:14 (1), 08/02/2024 16:50 (15)
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