CVE-2017-4943

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.034

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in VMware vCenter 6.5	Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in VMware vCenter Server 6.5	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234