CVE-2017-4943

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in vmware vcenter server. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2017-12-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:vcenter_server

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040026
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html

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