Auth bypass in VMware Esx
CVE-2013-1405
VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b and 4.1 before Update 3a, VMware VirtualCenter 2.5, VMware vSphere Client 4.0 before Update 4b and 4.1 before Update 3a, VMware VI-Client 2.5, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the management authentication protocol, which allow remote servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.028 (85.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Vmware Esx — versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
- Vmware Esxi — versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
- Vmware Vcenter_server — versions 4.0, 4.1
- Vmware Vi-client — versions 2.5
- Vmware Virtualcenter — versions 2.5
- Vmware Vsphere_client — versions 4.0, 4.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)