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TI-2014-03073 Aliases CVE-2014-3790GHSA-728j-xgf7-pwf4

Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02351 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-3790
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-728j-xgf7-pwf4

References

Other 1

  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02690 VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2013-02689 VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2013-01458 VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2012-05139 VMware vCenter Server 4.1 before Update 3 and 5.0 before Update 2, and vCSA 5.0 before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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