Vcenter Server Appliance vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Vcenter Server Appliance is made by VMware. We track 14 published vulnerabilities in it, across 4 versions. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 28 January 2022. If you run Vcenter Server Appliance, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.
The most recent Vcenter Server Appliance flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2014-6271, on 28 January 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which versions of Vcenter Server Appliance do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2014-6271Exploited list, 28 Jan 2022
GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
5.05.0-update_15.0-update_25.15.1-update_15.1-update_25.55.5-update_1 - CVE-2014-7169Exploited list, 28 Jan 2022
GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
5.05.0-update_15.0-update_25.15.1-update_15.1-update_25.55.5-update_1
Which Vcenter Server Appliance vulnerabilities are being exploited?
2 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 9.8GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.
- 9.8GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.
Which Vcenter Server Appliance flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by...
- >99%
GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown...
- 3.8%CVE-2014-4241Medium
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.0.2.0 and 10.3.6.0 allows remote attackers to affect integrity via vectors related to WLS - Web Services.
- 3.5%CVE-2014-4258Medium
Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.37 and earlier and 5.6.17 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors...
- 2.5%CVE-2013-3080Critical
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, by leveraging...
- 2.4%CVE-2014-3790Critical
Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail.
- 2.0%CVE-2013-3107Medium
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 before Update 1, when anonymous LDAP binding for Active Directory is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by providing a valid username in conjunction with an empty...
- 1.8%CVE-2013-1659High
VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol,...
- 1.8%CVE-2014-3797Medium
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
- 1.7%CVE-2013-3079Critical
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges by leveraging Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) access.
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1 flaw being exploited affects software Acme tracks
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.
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- Vcenter Server Appliance on Acme's software list
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We track 14 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Vcenter Server Appliance, across 4 versions. The most recent Vcenter Server Appliance flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2014-6271, on 28 January 2022.
2 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2014-6271, affects 5.0, 5.0-update_1, 5.0-update_2, 5.1 and more. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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