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CVE-2017-4943

N/A
Published: December 20, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorvCenter Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

vCenter Server· VMware
95%
v < 6.56.5 a6.5 b6.5 c6.5 d6.5 e6.5 f6.5 update16.5 update1b6.5 update1c
Affected range stops below 6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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