Vulnerability CVE-2017-4922


Published: 2017-08-01

Description:
VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an information disclosure issue due to the service startup script using world writable directories as temporary storage for critical information. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to access certain critical information when the service gets restarted.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Vmware -> Vcenter server 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100012
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html

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