What is CVE-2017-4922?

CVE-2017-4922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Vcenter Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-4922?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in VMware Vcenter Server

CVE-2017-4922

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.013 (68.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Vcenter_server — versions 6.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4922?: CVE-2017-4922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Vcenter Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-4922?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.