CVE-2014-3790
critical
CVSS v3
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VIR risk
9.0
Description
Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | vcenter_server_appliance | 5.1 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server_appliance | 5.5 | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67756
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030436
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67756
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030436
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159/
CWEs
CWE-264
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.