High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-4943
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.
Affected products
1- VMware/vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)v5Range: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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