CVE-2017-4943

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 90% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: December 20, 2017 (3067 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-787

Affected Products

vmware vcenter server

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.vmware.com