Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in vCenter Server Appliance - CVE-2014-3790
Published: June 1, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41594
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3790
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server Appliance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3790
Install update from vendor's website.