CVE-2014-3790

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.

Published: 2014-06-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3790 is rated Moderate Risk (58.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3790

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-09 0.60% 0.50% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.82% 0.60% -0.21%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.82% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3790

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3790

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3790

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware vcenter_server_appliance 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter_server_appliance 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3790

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