CVE-2013-5973 (GCVE-0-2013-5973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-12-23 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 17:29
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530482/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://osvdb.org/101387 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13154935/index.html third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000123.html third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVNDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64491 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029529 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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