description: VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) (6.5 before 6.5 U1d) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the 'showlog' plugin. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in a low privileged user gaining root level privileges over the appliance base OS.
problem types: Privilege escalation vulnerability
affected:
{
product: vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)
vendor: VMware
versions:
status: affected, version: 6.5 before 6.5 U1d
}