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Ransomware gangs are loving this dumb but deadly ESXi flaw • The Register

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/30

Do you have your VMware ESXi hypervisor joined to Active Directory? Well, the latest news from Microsoft serves as a reminder that you might not want to do that given the recently patched vulnerability that has security experts deeply concerned.

Essentially, if an attacker was able to add an AD group called “ESX Admins,” any user added to it would by default be considered an admin.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/30/make_me_admin_esxi_flaw/

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