CVE-2017-4922

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an information disclosure issue due to the service startup script using world writable directories as temporary storage for critical information. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to access certain critical information when the service gets restarted.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-4922
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-01T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-03T16:21:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100012 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4922
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4922
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:09:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:16:03 2017-08-01T16:29Z 2017-08-01T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:16:03 2017-08-03T16:21:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:16:03 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated