CVE-2014-3790 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail.

Published: 2014-06-01

Score: 9.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3729	Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00502.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/58823
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67756
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030436
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159/

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-06-01T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:57:17.008Z

Reserved: 2014-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3790

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-01T04:29:34.863

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3790

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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