Vulnerability Symbiosis: vSphere&-#x3f-s CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813 &-#x5b-Guest Diary&-#x5d-, (Wed, Dec 11th) - #CVE-2024-38812
VMware's vCenter Server has been at the center of a critical cybersecurity issue, with two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813) being actively exploited in the wild. The more severe flaw, CVE-2024-38812, is a heap-overflow vulnerability in the DCERPC protocol implementation that allows remote code execution, while CVE-2024-38813 enables privilege escalation to root level. Initially patched in September 2024, Broadcom later acknowledged that the fix for CVE-2024-38812 was incomplete, necessitating additional patches. The vulnerabilities, discovered during a Chinese hacking contest, affect multiple versions of vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation. CISA has mandated federal agencies to apply mitigations by December 11th, 2024, emphasizing the urgency of patching these critical flaws. The incident highlights the ongoing challenges in securing widely-used virtualization platforms and the persistent threat landscape targeting such systems.