CVE-2017-4921 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-4921?

CVE-2017-4921 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 1 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4921?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server.

How do I fix CVE-2017-4921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-4921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2015-2342 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0

All Vmware Vcenter Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cvwm-vf9r-8r57.