01 Record
CVE-2017-4952
VMware Xenon 1.x, prior to 1.5.4-CR7_1, 1.5.7_7, 1.5.4-CR6_2, 1.3.7-CR1_2, 1.1.0-CR0-3, 1.1.0-CR3_1,1.4.2-CR4_1, and 1.5.4_8, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to insufficient access
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: vmware
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
VMware Xenon 1.x, prior to 1.5.4-CR7_1, 1.5.7_7, 1.5.4-CR6_2, 1.3.7-CR1_2, 1.1.0-CR0-3, 1.1.0-CR3_1,1.4.2-CR4_1, and 1.5.4_8, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to insufficient access
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 3.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-05-02 14:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:41Z2 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
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
VMwareVMware Xenon1.x prior to 1.5.4-CR7_1, 1.5.7_7, 1.5.4-CR6_2, 1.3.7-CR1_2, 1.1.0-CR0-3, 1.1.0-CR3_1,1.4.2-CR4_1, and 1.5.4_8.—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/b1fd306047ecdac82661d636ebee801a7f2b3a0a
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/30ae41bccf418d88b52b35a81efb3c1304b798f8
- www.securityfocus.com103093http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103093
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/756d893573414eec8635c2aba2345c4dcf10b21c
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20180213 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in VMware Xenon (CVE-2017-4952)http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/153
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/5682ef8d40569afd00fb9a5933e7706bb5b66713
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/ec30db9afada9cb52852082ce4d7d0095524f3b3
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/c23964eb57e846126daef98ef7ed15400313e977
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/7a747d82b80cd38d2c11a0d9cdedb71c722a2c75
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/06b9947cf603ba40fd8b03bfeb2e84528a7ab592