Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1)

CVE-2017-4921 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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