The vCenter Server 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.
Weakness
Configuring an ASP.NET application to run with impersonated credentials may give the application unnecessary privileges.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0 (including) | 8.0 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-a (including) | 8.0-a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-b (including) | 8.0-b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-c (including) | 8.0-c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update1 (including) | 8.0-update1 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update1a (including) | 8.0-update1a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update1b (including) | 8.0-update1b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update1c (including) | 8.0-update1c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update1d (including) | 8.0-update1d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update1e (including) | 8.0-update1e (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update2 (including) | 8.0-update2 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update2a (including) | 8.0-update2a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update2b (including) | 8.0-update2b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 8.0-update2c (including) | 8.0-update2c (including) |