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vCenter Sudo Privilege Escalation

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vCenter Sudo Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
06/18/2024
Created
12/05/2024

Description

VMware vCenter Server < 7.0.3 update R and < 8.0.2 update D 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

Author(s)

  • h00die
  • Matei "Mal" Badanoiu

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/local/vcenter_sudo_lpe
msf exploit(vcenter_sudo_lpe) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(vcenter_sudo_lpe) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(vcenter_sudo_lpe) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(vcenter_sudo_lpe) > exploit

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