Product/Component: VMware Notification Id: 23470 Status: CLOSED Severity: CRITICAL CVSS Base Score: Not shown in the screenshot Affected CVE: CVE-2014-8373 Summary: VMware vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) product updates address a critical remote privilege escalation vulnerability in the vCAC VMware Remote Console (VMRC) function which could lead to a remote privilege escalation. Relevant releases: vCloud Automation Center 6.x without patch Problem Description: - VMware vCloud Automation Center has a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. This issue may allow an authenticated vCAC user to obtain administrative access to vCenter Server. - The issue is present in environments that use the "Connect (by) Using VMRC" function in vCAC to connect directly to vCenter Server. Environments that exclusively use vCloud Director (vCD) as a proxy to connect to vCenter Server are not affected. - At this time the issue is remediated by removing the "Connect (by) Using VMRC" functionality for directly connecting to vCenter Server. Deploying the provided patch will remove this functionality. - VMware is working on a secure solution that will restore this functionality. Customers may continue to use the "Connect (by) Using RDP" or "Connect (by) Using SSH" options for remote desktop management as they are not affected by this issue. Solution: Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.