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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…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
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 controls for utility endpoints. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in information disclosure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By vmware
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Authentication bypass vulnerability
- CWE-732 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-732 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 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.
References (11)
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/b1fd306047ecdac82661d636ebee801a7f2b3a0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/30ae41bccf418d88b52b35a81efb3c1304b798f8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 103093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/756d893573414eec8635c2aba2345c4dcf10b21c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20180213 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in VMware Xenon (CVE-2017-4952) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/5682ef8d40569afd00fb9a5933e7706bb5b66713 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/ec30db9afada9cb52852082ce4d7d0095524f3b3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/c23964eb57e846126daef98ef7ed15400313e977 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/7a747d82b80cd38d2c11a0d9cdedb71c722a2c75 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/06b9947cf603ba40fd8b03bfeb2e84528a7ab592 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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