CVE-2017-4917

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

<1%p56

Published

Jun 7, 2017 (Jun 7, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x locally stores vCenter Server credentials using reversible encryption. This issue may allow plaintext credentials to be obtained.

Vendors: vmware
Products: vsphere data protection
Weakness: CWE-327
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.8%)

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