CVE-2017-4919 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-07-28

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

VMware

VMware vCenter Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x, 6.0.x, 6.5.x`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14036	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00915.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100102
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039004
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0012.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Vcenter Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2017-07-28T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:29:02.295Z

Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-4919

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-28T22:29:00.193

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-4919

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306

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