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CVE-2017-4923

critical
Published 2017-08-01 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
9.8

Description

VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an information disclosure vulnerability. This issue may allow plaintext credentials to be obtained when using the vCenter Server Appliance file-based backup feature.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmware vmwarevcenter_server6.5

References

CWEs

CWE-200 CWE-522

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

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