CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in VMware Xenon up to 1.0.x/1.3.6/1.5.3/1.5.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
VMware Xenon 1.x prior to 1.5.7, 1.5.4, 1.3.7, and 1.1.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to insufficient access controls for utility endpoints. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in information disclosure.
The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was presented 05/02/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-4952 since 12/26/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 78 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 1.1.0, 1.3.7, 1.5.4 or 1.5.7 eliminates this vulnerability.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Xenon 1.1.0/1.3.7/1.5.4/1.5.7
Patch: github.com
Timeline
12/26/2016 🔍02/13/2018 🔍
05/02/2018 🔍
05/02/2018 🔍
05/03/2018 🔍
03/08/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: 055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-4952 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 103093
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
Entry
Created: 05/03/2018 08:38Updated: 03/08/2023 13:29
Changes: 05/03/2018 08:38 (61), 02/01/2020 20:34 (1), 03/08/2023 13:29 (5)
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