{"id":"CVE-2017-4952","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-4952","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:51:06.432Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-05-02T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:19:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["vmware/xenon"],"epss":{"score":0.03729,"percentile":0.89763,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.04815,"percentile":0.91584},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.038,"percentile":0.89538}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/153","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103093","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/06b9947cf603ba40fd8b03bfeb2e84528a7ab592","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/30ae41bccf418d88b52b35a81efb3c1304b798f8","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/5682ef8d40569afd00fb9a5933e7706bb5b66713","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/756d893573414eec8635c2aba2345c4dcf10b21c","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/7a747d82b80cd38d2c11a0d9cdedb71c722a2c75","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/b1fd306047ecdac82661d636ebee801a7f2b3a0a","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/c23964eb57e846126daef98ef7ed15400313e977","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/ec30db9afada9cb52852082ce4d7d0095524f3b3","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/153","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103093","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/06b9947cf603ba40fd8b03bfeb2e84528a7ab592","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/30ae41bccf418d88b52b35a81efb3c1304b798f8","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/5682ef8d40569afd00fb9a5933e7706bb5b66713","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/756d893573414eec8635c2aba2345c4dcf10b21c","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/7a747d82b80cd38d2c11a0d9cdedb71c722a2c75","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/b1fd306047ecdac82661d636ebee801a7f2b3a0a","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/c23964eb57e846126daef98ef7ed15400313e977","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/ec30db9afada9cb52852082ce4d7d0095524f3b3","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4952","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}