CVE-2017-8931
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access...
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access with root privileges via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access with root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2017-8931- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access with root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2017-8931- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17871 No score
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access with root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17871- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-64hw-8qp8-pjcw
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access...
Bitdefender GravityZone VMware appliance before 6.2.1-35 might allow attackers to gain access with root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-64hw-8qp8-pjcw- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8931 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Bitdefender Gravityzone, published October 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.