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CVE-2017-4943 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vmware vcenter server	6.5 a 6.5 b 6.5 c 6.5 d 6.5 e
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

vmware vcenter server

6.5 a

6.5 b

6.5 c

6.5 d

6.5 e

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jan 11, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]