CVE-2014-3790 describes a critical vulnerability in Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) within VMware vCenter Server Appliance, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping a chroot jail. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.0, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for root-level command execution makes it a significant risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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