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CVE-2014-3790

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
01/06/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools