VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an insecure library loading issue that occurs due to the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in an unsafe manner. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to load a shared library that may lead to privilege escalation.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14038 VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1) contains an insecure library loading issue that occurs due to the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in an unsafe manner. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged host users to load a shared library that may lead to privilege escalation.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:47:42.927Z

Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-4921

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-01T16:29:00.227

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-4921

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses