CVE-2017-4943

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) (6.5 before 6.5 U1d) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the 'showlog' plugin

published December 20, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00355 · 27.8th percentile
Published
2017-12-20T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 DEC 15:00Z
    VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) (6.5 before 6.5 U1d) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the 'showlog' plugin
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