SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-4914

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x contains a deserialization issue.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 8.83%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x contains a deserialization issue. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute commands on the appliance.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
8.83% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
vmware/vsphere data protection
Source
security@vmware.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.