CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-4943

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) version 6.5 before 6.5 U1d contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the 'showlog' plugin. Successful exploitation of this issue could allow a low privileged user to gain root level privileges over the appliance base OS.

Risk Assessment

Privilege escalation could lead to full control over the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update VMware vCenter Server Appliance to version 6.5 U1d or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS