Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-4943
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 8.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2017-4943
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5