{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4921 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-4921 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4921 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Vcenter Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4921/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-4921","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4921/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-4921","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-cvwm-vf9r-8r57"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vCenter Server","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Unprivileged host users can escalate privileges by exploiting unsafe library loading via LD_LIBRARY_PATH in VMware vCenter Server.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"vcenter_server","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-4921","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:vcenter_server","products":["vmware:vcenter_server"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-4922"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in NSX-V Edge","id":"CVE-2017-4920"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-08-01","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2026-59310","kev_date_added":"2026-08-18","published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2023-34048","kev_date_added":"2024-01-22","published":"2023-10-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2020-3952","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-04-10"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2021-22017","kev_date_added":"2022-01-10","published":"2021-09-23"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-2342","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-10-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"vCenter authentication-bypass vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-59309","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in VMware Cloud Foundation","id":"CVE-2024-37080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Unprivileged host users can escalate privileges by exploiting unsafe library loading via LD_LIBRARY_PATH in VMware vCenter Server.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4921/"}