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CVE-2017-4943

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-12-20T15:00:00Z
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Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

VMware

vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)

Affected Versions:

6.5 before 6.5 U1d

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-4262-ffcv-r365

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4943
WEB https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026
Published: 2017-12-20T15:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T18:40:02.798Z
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