PT-2014-5502 · Vmware · Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance+1

Shanon Olsson · Published 2014-05-30 · Updated 2014-06-21 · CVE-2014-3790

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vCenter Server Appliance (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail. This is related to the Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3790

ZDI-14-159

Affected Products

Ruby Vsphere Console

Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3790 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030436 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/67756 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58823 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3790 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-159 · Note