21 Nov, 2024

Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks

Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. TZL security researchers reported the RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812) during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest. It is caused by a heap overflow weakness in the vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation and affects products […]

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VMware makes Workstation and Fusion free for everyone

​VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for commercial, educational, and personal use. In May, the company also made VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use, allowing students and home users to set up virtualized test labs and experiment with other OSs by […]

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VMware fixes bad patch for critical vCenter Server RCE flaw

VMware has released another security update for CVE-2024-38812, a critical VMware vCenter Server remote code execution vulnerability that was not correctly fixed in the first patch from September 2024. The flaw is rated critical (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8) and stems from a heap overflow weakness in vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation, impacting the vCenter Server and […]

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Broadcom fixes critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server

Broadcom has fixed a critical VMware vCenter Server vulnerability that attackers can exploit to gain remote code execution on unpatched servers via a network packet. vCenter Server is the central management hub for VMware‘s vSphere suite, helping administrators manage and monitor virtualized infrastructure. The vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812), reported by TZL security researchers during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest, is […]

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VMware, Adobe bugs exploited in active attacks as Cisco warns of critical ‘10.0’ flaw

VMware, SolarWinds and Adobe users are being warned that vulnerabilities found in each of the products are under active attack. On Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Impacted products include Adobe Commerce (CVE-2024-34102), SolarWinds Serv-U (CVE-2024-28995) and VMware vCenter Server (CVE-2022-22948) CISA’s warning […]

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