CVE-2014-3790: VMware vCenter Server Appliance

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root by escaping from a chroot jail.

Affected products

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance: version 5.1 only; version 5.5 only

Published 2014-06-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.