{"id":"CVE-2017-4921","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 exploi","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2017-08-01T16:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-05T14:47:42.927Z","severity":null,"assigner":"vmware","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100006"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:43:45.961Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2017/4xxx/CVE-2017-4921.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2017-4921","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2017-08-01T16:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T14:47:42.927Z","assignerShortName":"vmware","assignerOrgId":"dcf2e128-44bd-42ed-91e8-88f912c1401d","dateReserved":"2016-12-26T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013","name":"1039013","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100006","name":"100006","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"vmware","dateUpdated":"2017-08-02T09:57:01.000Z","orgId":"dcf2e128-44bd-42ed-91e8-88f912c1401d"},"datePublic":"2017-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"security@vmware.com","ID":"CVE-2017-4921","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html"},{"name":"1039013","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013"},{"name":"100006","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100006"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0013.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039013","name":"1039013","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100006","name":"100006","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T14:47:42.927Z"}}]}}}