CVE-2017-4943 — Out-of-bounds Write in Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Vmware Vcenter Server ApplianceVmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedDec 20
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware/vcenter_server_appliance6.5 before 6.5 U1d

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4262-ffcv-r365: VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) (6↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-4943: VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) (6↗2017-12-20
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