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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2017-4921 (VMSA-2017-0013)

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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2017-4921 (VMSA-2017-0013)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2017
Created
08/29/2022
Added
07/25/2022
Modified
12/11/2023

Description

VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an insecure library loading issue that occurs due to the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in an unsafe manner. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to load a shared library that may lead to privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-vcenter-server-upgrade-latest

References

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