CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-4917
Critical (9.8) in vmware vsphere data protection. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x locally stores vCenter Server credentials using reversible encryption. This issue may allow plaintext credentials to be obtained.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
- CWE
- CWE-327
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced