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CVE-2024-37085
CVSS 6.8
Actively exploited (KEV)
6 detections found
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
Detection rules
| Source | Rule | Status | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| splunk | Windows ESX Admins Group Creation via Net | production | 2026-10-09 |
| splunk | Windows ESX Admins Group Creation Security Event | production | 2026-05-13 |
| splunk | Windows ESX Admins Group Creation via PowerShell | production | 2026-05-13 |
| splunk | Windows Privileged Group Modification | production | 2026-05-13 |
| sigma | Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 - Suspicious ESX Admins Group Activity | test | 2024-07-30 |
| sigma | Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 - Suspicious Creation Of ESX Admins Group | test | 2024-07-29 |