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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-5970

hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.55%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

CVSS 2.0
7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
1.55% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
vmware/esx · vmware/esxi
Source
cve@mitre.org

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