CVE-2017-4917

mediumpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 58 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.84% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

25 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5–9.8

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-327USprimary

affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)≤ 6.1.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)≤ 6.0.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)≤ 5.8.xenisa_euvdEU
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)≤ 5.5.xenisa_euvdEU
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.5.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 5.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 6.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 6.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 6.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vsphere data protection= 6.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-06-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

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