VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-3618

HIGH 7.6EPSS 3.06%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the management interface for VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 patch 1, 2.1.x before 2.1.3 patch 1, and 2.x before 2.5.3 patch 2 allows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via URLs, as demonstrated using the setUsr operation to change a password. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged with CVE-2005-3619 to automatically perform the attacks.

CVSS 2.0: 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 3.06% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: vmware/esx
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21230Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txtBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21230Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txtBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.