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CVE-2017-4943
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-20T15:29:00.327 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:19:36.847

Summary

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

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References

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