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CVE-2017-4914

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x contains a deserialization issue. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute commands on the appliance.

Affected products

• VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP): 5.5.1, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.5.7, 5.5.8, 5.5.9 (+16)
• VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP): 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, 5.5.x

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98939
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038617
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0010.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42152/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98939
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038617
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0010.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42152/

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