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CVE-2014-3790

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail.

Affected products

• VMware Vcenter Server Appliance: 5.1, 5.5

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/58823
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67756
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030436
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58823
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67756
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030436
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159/

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