CVE-2024-22250

Privileged session hijacking by local users

Published Feb 20, 2024 · Updated Aug 27, 2024

Session hijacking in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in allows local users to take over a privileged EAP session on the same Windows host. VMware has not published the affected function or the operation that permits one local process to seize the browser plug-in's authenticated session. Exploitation requires unprivileged local access and a privileged domain user to initiate an EAP session on the same host; success grants control of that privileged session.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.35%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Session hijacking in VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in allows local users to take over a privileged EAP session on the same Windows host. VMware has not published the affected function or the operation that permits one local process to seize the browser plug-in's authenticated session. Exploitation requires unprivileged local access and a privileged domain user to initiate an EAP session on the same host; success grants control of that privileged session.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-22250
Published
Feb 20, 2024
Updated
Aug 27, 2024
Vendor
VMware
Product
VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
Classifications
CWE-384, CAPEC-593, T1563
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 27, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <6.7.0
  2. Affected versionversion=All

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

VMware · VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-inversion=0 <6.7.0; version=All

Published CVSS scores

7.8VMwareCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-384Session Fixation
CAPEC-593Session Hijacking
T1563Remote Service Session Hijacking

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