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.
References
Link Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-12-20 07:29

Updated : 2021-08-24 03:44


NVD link : CVE-2017-4943

Mitre link : CVE-2017-4943


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

vmware

  • vcenter_server