VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 < 6.5 U1d Local Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2017-0021)

The version of VMware vCenter Server Appliance installed on the remote host is 6.5 prior to 6.5 Update 1d 6.5 U1d. It is, therefore, affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the 'showlog' plugin. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid105514;...

CVE-2017-4943

CVE-2017-4943 affects VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6.5 prior to 6.5 Update 1d (U1d). A local privilege-escalation via the 'showlog' plugin could allow a low-privileged user to gain root privileges on the appliance base OS. Public details in VMware’s VMSA-2017-0021 describe this issue an...