CVE-2017-4952

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-05-02 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 23:41Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-26

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

706fb04746020aceb21211ec9b26a8504dbb011e1d9c339f0bb88064c6062403

• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/b1fd306047ecdac82661d636ebee801a7f2b3a0ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/30ae41bccf418d88b52b35a81efb3c1304b798f8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com103093http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103093vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/756d893573414eec8635c2aba2345c4dcf10b21cx_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org[oss-security] 20180213 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in VMware Xenon (CVE-2017-4952)http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/153mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/5682ef8d40569afd00fb9a5933e7706bb5b66713x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/ec30db9afada9cb52852082ce4d7d0095524f3b3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/c23964eb57e846126daef98ef7ed15400313e977x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/7a747d82b80cd38d2c11a0d9cdedb71c722a2c75x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/06b9947cf603ba40fd8b03bfeb2e84528a7ab592x_refsource_CONFIRM