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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2017-08-01T16:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-4921

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-4921

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