cve-2017-4919
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-07-28 22:00
Modified
2024-09-16 16:29
Severity ?
Summary
VMware vCenter Server 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 allows vSphere users with certain, limited vSphere privileges to use the VIX API to access Guest Operating Systems without the need to authenticate.
References
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0012.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
VMwareVMware vCenter Server
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