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CVE-2017-4927

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-4927 describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server versions 6.5 (prior to U1) and 6.0 (prior to U3c), stemming from improper handling of specially crafted LDAP network packets. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service with low attack complexity. While no active exploitation (KEV) or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0, < 6.0_u3cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.5, < 6.5_u1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0232 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0017.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101786
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039759
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry