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CVE-2017-4943

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) (6.5 before 6.5 U1d) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the 'showlog' plugin. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in a low privileged user gaining root level privileges over the appliance base OS.

Published

2017-12-20T15:29:00.327

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-787
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
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