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Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2017-4952

High
7.5/10

Summary

VMware 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, 1.5.4_8 and 1.6.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to insufficient access controls for utility endpoints. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in information disclosure.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published