CVE-2017-4943

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-4943
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-20T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-24T10:44:28
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4943
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4943
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:13:47 2017-12-20T15:29Z 2017-12-20T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:13:47 2021-08-24T10:44:28 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:13:47 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated