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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Vcenter Server9 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Vcenter Server Appliancecpe-rescue
    Range: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d

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