CVE-2017-4943
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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 configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware:vcenter_server | vmware vcenter server | eq | 6.5 |
CNA Affected
[
{
"product": "vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)",
"vendor": "VMware",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.5 before 6.5 U1d"
}
]
}
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7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%