CVE-2005-3618

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3618
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esx All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.corsaire.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware ESX Server URL-Based Password Change Function May Let Remote Users Change a Target User's Password in Certain Cases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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