CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-4921
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an insecure library loading issue that occurs due to the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in an unsafe manner. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to load a shared library that may lead to privilege escalation.
Affected configurations
• vmware vcenter server 6.5
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100006 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100006 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html Patch, Vendor Advisory