CVE-2013-5973
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.4
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- 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
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938
- 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
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.