gsd-2017-4943
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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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CVE-2017-4943


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