CVE-2017-4921 — Improper Privilege Management in Vmware Vcenter Server
3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 13
Description
VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an insecure library loading issue that occurs due to the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in an unsafe manner. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to load a shared library that may lead to privilege escalation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9