CVE-2017-4919

critical

Published 2017-07-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.0

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

93%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	vcenter_server	`5.5`
vmware	vcenter_server	`6.0`
vmware	vcenter_server	`6.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-306

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.