VMware HCX up to 4.8.2/4.9.1/4.10.0 HCX Manager sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in VMware HCX up to 4.8.2/4.9.1/4.10.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HCX Manager. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-38814. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware HCX up to 4.8.2/4.9.1/4.10.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component HCX Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in VMware HCX was privately reported to VMware. A malicious authenticated user with non-administrator privileges may be able to enter specially crafted SQL queries and perform unauthorized remote code execution on the HCX manager.  Updates are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products.

The advisory is shared for download at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-38814 since 06/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/18/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• VMware

Name

• HCX

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.8.0
• 4.8.1
• 4.8.2
• 4.9
• 4.9.0
• 4.9.1
• 4.10.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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