CVE-2017-4943

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

VMware vCenter Server: 6.5-a, 6.5-b, 6.5-c, 6.5-d, 6.5-e, 6.5-f (+3)
VMware vCenter Server: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html

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