CVE-2017-4952

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4952
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-02 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Xenon 1.x, prior to 1.5.4-CR7_1, 1.5.7_7, 1.5.4-CR6_2, 1.3.7-CR1_2, 1.1.0-CR0-3, 1.1.0-CR3_1,1.4.2-CR4_1, and 1.5.4_8, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to insufficient access controls for utility endpoints. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in information disclosure.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Xenon 1.1.0 cr0-3 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.1.0 cr3_1 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.3.7 cr1_2 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.4.2 cr4_1 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr2 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr3 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr4 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr5 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr6 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr6_1 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr6_2 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr7 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4_8 All All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.7_7 All All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.1.0 cr0-3 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.1.0 cr3_1 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.3.7 cr1_2 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.4.2 cr4_1 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr2 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr3 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr4 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr5 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr6 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr6_1 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr6_2 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4 cr7 All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.4_8 All All All
Application Vmware Xenon 1.5.7_7 All All All
Application Vmware Xenon All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@30ae41b · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@ec30db9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in VMware Xenon (CVE-2017-4952) MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@b1fd306 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@7a747d8 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@06b9947 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@055ae13 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@756d893 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@5682ef8 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add auth to UtilityService · vmware-archive/xenon@c23964e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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