Deserialization of Untrusted Data in vSphere Data Protection - CVE-2017-4914
Published: June 7, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6953
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4914
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vSphere Data Protection
vSphere Data Protection
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system.
The weakness exists due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted, serialized Java objects containing malicious commands and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted, serialized Java objects containing malicious commands and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4914
Update to version 6.0.5, 6.1.4.