The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud_foundation | Vmware | 3.0 (including) | 3.10.2.2 (excluding) |
| Cloud_foundation | Vmware | 4.0 (including) | 4.3 (excluding) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5 (including) | 6.5 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-a (including) | 6.5-a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-b (including) | 6.5-b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-c (including) | 6.5-c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-d (including) | 6.5-d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-e (including) | 6.5-e (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-f (including) | 6.5-f (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update1 (including) | 6.5-update1 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update1b (including) | 6.5-update1b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update1c (including) | 6.5-update1c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update1d (including) | 6.5-update1d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update1e (including) | 6.5-update1e (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update1g (including) | 6.5-update1g (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update2 (including) | 6.5-update2 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update2b (including) | 6.5-update2b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update2c (including) | 6.5-update2c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update2d (including) | 6.5-update2d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update2g (including) | 6.5-update2g (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update3 (including) | 6.5-update3 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update3d (including) | 6.5-update3d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update3f (including) | 6.5-update3f (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update3k (including) | 6.5-update3k (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update3n (including) | 6.5-update3n (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.5-update3p (including) | 6.5-update3p (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7 (including) | 6.7 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-a (including) | 6.7-a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-b (including) | 6.7-b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-d (including) | 6.7-d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update1 (including) | 6.7-update1 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update1b (including) | 6.7-update1b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update2 (including) | 6.7-update2 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update2a (including) | 6.7-update2a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update2c (including) | 6.7-update2c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3 (including) | 6.7-update3 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3a (including) | 6.7-update3a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3b (including) | 6.7-update3b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3f (including) | 6.7-update3f (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3g (including) | 6.7-update3g (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3j (including) | 6.7-update3j (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3l (including) | 6.7-update3l (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3m (including) | 6.7-update3m (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 6.7-update3n (including) | 6.7-update3n (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-a (including) | 7.0-a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-b (including) | 7.0-b (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-c (including) | 7.0-c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-d (including) | 7.0-d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update1 (including) | 7.0-update1 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update1a (including) | 7.0-update1a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update1c (including) | 7.0-update1c (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update1d (including) | 7.0-update1d (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update2 (including) | 7.0-update2 (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update2a (including) | 7.0-update2a (including) |
| Vcenter_server | Vmware | 7.0-update2b (including) | 7.0-update2b (including) |