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FKIE_CVE-2017-4943

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-20 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:19

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@vmware.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.com	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5
vmware	vcenter_server	6.5

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CVE-2017-4943 (GCVE-0-2017-4943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-20 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:40

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Privilege escalation vulnerability

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
VMware	vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)	Affected: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d

Date Public

2017-12-19 00:00

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