9.0crit

CVE-2017-4919in critical feed

VMware vCenter Server 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 allows vSphere users with certain, limited vSphere privileges to use the VIX API to access Guest Operat…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

VMware vCenter Server 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 allows vSphere users with certain, limited vSphere privileges to use the VIX API to access Guest Operating Systems without the need to authenticate.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.0CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • VMware VMware vCenter Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
Technology feeds
VMware (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1039004 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0012.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/100102 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.