Vulnerability CVE-2017-4919
Published: 2017-07-28   Modified: 2017-07-29

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.

Type:

CWE-306

 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Vmware -> Vcenter server 

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