CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-4919
9.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-07-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware vcenter server 5.5
• vmware vcenter server 6.0
• vmware vcenter server 6.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100102 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039004 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0012.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100102 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039004 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0012.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory