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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-20 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:40
VLAI
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege escalation vulnerability
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 233 records in the last 180 days details
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
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) Affected: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d
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Date Public
2017-12-19 00:00
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