CVE-2005-3618

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.6
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Esx
PublishedDec 31, 2005
First seenDec 31, 2005

How to fix

Update
  • vmware esx2.0.2, 2.1.3, 2.5.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware esx2.0.1 ≤ v < 2.0.2, 2.1.1 ≤ v < 2.1.3, 2.5.2 ≤ v < 2.5.32.0.2, 2.1.3, 2.5.3

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