CVE-2013-5973
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.4 · CWE-264
4.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.5 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow local users to read or modify arbitrary files by leveraging the Virtual Machine Power User or Resource Pool Administrator role for a vCenter Server Add Existing Disk action with a (1) -flat, (2) -rdm, or (3) -rdmp filename.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.htmlAdvisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13154935/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000123.html
- http://osvdb.org/101387
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530482/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64491
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029529
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938