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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-12-20 15:29

Updated : 2021-08-24 10:44

NVD link : CVE-2017-4943

Mitre link : CVE-2017-4943

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-4943

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

vcenter_server

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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