CVE-2017-4943 (GCVE-0-2017-4943)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-20 15:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:40
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CWE
  • Privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
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.
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VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) Version: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d
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