CVE-2017-4923 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Vmware Vcenter Server

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Vmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an information disclosure vulnerability. This issue may allow plaintext credentials to be obtained when using the vCenter Server Appliance file-based backup feature.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-29qx-3374-gqm9: VMware vCenter Server (6↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-4923: VMware vCenter Server (6↗2017-08-01
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CVE-2017-4923 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase