VMware

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2024
VMware fixed five vulnerabilities in Aria Operations product

Virtualization giant VMware addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its Aria Operations product that can led to privilege escalation and XSS attacks. VMware released security updates to address five vulnerabilities in its Aria Operations product. Aria Operations (formerly known as VMware vRealize Operations) is a comprehensive cloud management and operations platform developed by VMware. It is designed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2024
Recently disclosed VMware vCenter Server bugs are actively exploited in attacks

Threat actors are actively exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813, Broadcom warns. Broadcom warns that the two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813 are actively exploited in the wild. “Updated advisory to note that VMware by Broadcom confirmed that exploitation has occurred in the wild for CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813.” […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2024
VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812

VMware addressed a remote code execution flaw, demonstrated in a Chinese hacking contest, for the second time in two months. VMware failed to fully address a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-38812 (CVSS score: 9.8), in its vCenter Server platform. In September, Broadcom released security updates to the vulnerability CVE-2024-38812. vCenter Server is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2024
VMware fixed a code execution flaw in Fusion hypervisor

VMware released a patch to address a high-severity code execution flaw in its Fusion hypervisor, users are urged to apply it. VMware addressed a high-severity code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38811 (CVSS 8.8/10), in its Fusion hypervisor. The vulnerability is due to the usage of an insecure environment variable, a threat actor with standard user privileges can […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2024
VMware fixed critical SQL-Injection in Aria Automation product

VMware addressed a critical SQL-Injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-22280, impacting Aria Automation. Virtualization giant VMware addressed a high-severity SQL-injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-22280 (CVSSv3 base score of 8.5), in its Aria Automation solution. VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) is a modern cloud automation platform that simplifies and streamlines the deployment, management, and governance of cloud infrastructure […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2024
VMware fixed RCE and privilege escalation bugs in vCenter Server

VMware addressed vCenter Server vulnerabilities that can allow remote code execution or privilege escalation. VMware addressed multiple vCenter Server vulnerabilities that remote attackers can exploit to achieve remote code execution or privilege escalation. vCenter Server is a centralized management platform developed by VMware for managing virtualized environments. The vCenter Server contains multiple heap-overflow flaws, tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2024
MITRE December 2023 attack: Threat actors created rogue VMs to evade detection

The MITRE Corporation revealed that threat actors behind the December 2023 attacks created rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its environment. The MITRE Corporation has provided a new update about the December 2023 attack. In April 2024, MITRE disclosed a security breach in one of its research and prototyping networks. The security team at the organization […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2024
VMware fixed zero-day flaws demonstrated at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024

VMware fixed four flaws in its Workstation and Fusion desktop hypervisors, including three zero-days exploited at the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 VMware addressed four vulnerabilities in its Workstation and Fusion desktop hypervisors, including three zero-day flaws demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024. Below are descriptions of the flaws addressed by the virtualization giant The vendor also […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2024
VMware urgent updates addressed Critical ESXi Sandbox Escape bugs

VMware released urgent patches to address critical ESXi sandbox escape vulnerabilities in the ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and Cloud Foundation products Virtualization giant VMware released urgent updates to fix critical ESXi sandbox escape vulnerabilities in the ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products. The most severe vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker with local admin […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2024
China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021

China-linked group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. Mandiant researchers reported that China-linked APT group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. vCenter Server is a critical component in VMware virtualization and cloud computing software suite. It serves as a […]