CVE-2017-4914

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4914
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-07 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-13 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x contains a deserialization issue. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute commands on the appliance.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.10 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.11 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.9 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.10 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.11 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.5.9 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 5.8.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Data Protection 6.1.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2017-0010 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
VMware vSphere Data Protection CVE-2017-4914 Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.x/6.x - Java Deserialization - Multiple remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
VMware vSphere Data Protection Java Deserialization Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Password Encryption Method Lets Local Users Obtain Plaintext Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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