VDB-286133 · CVE-2024-38831 · VMSA-2024-0022

VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18.1 command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-38831. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can insert malicious commands into the properties file to escalate privileges to a root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

The advisory is shared at support.broadcom.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38831 since 06/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/14/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212134 (VMware Aria Operations Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2024-0022)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 8.18.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212134). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

VMware

Name

Aria Operations

Version

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212134
Nessus Name: VMware Aria Operations Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2024-0022)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Aria Operations 8.18.2

Timelineinfo

06/20/2024 🔍
11/26/2024 +159 days 🔍
11/26/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +169 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2024-0022
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38831 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38831
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-286133
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2024 14:22
Updated: 05/14/2025 20:56
Changes: 11/26/2024 14:22 (62), 12/07/2024 01:42 (2), 05/14/2025 20:56 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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