cve-2013-5973
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-12-23 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 17:29
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13154935/index.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000123.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/101387
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530482/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64491
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029529
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938
Impacted products
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