VMWare ESX Server Management Interface HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:16086

Info

VMWare ESX Server Management Interface HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16086
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3619
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 30 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 02 2006 03:12PM
Credit: This issue was discovered by Corsaire.
Vulnerable: VMWare ESX Server 2.5.2
VMWare ESX Server 2.5
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.2
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.1 build 6403
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.0 build 5257
VMWare ESX Server 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

VMWare ESX Server Management Interface HTML Injection Vulnerability

VMware ESX Server is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability in the Management Interface.

This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to inject hostile HTML and script code into the application. This code may be executed in the browser of a vulnerable user.

This issue may allow an attacker to potentially obtain administrative credentials.

Exploit / POC

VMWare ESX Server Management Interface HTML Injection Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited with a web client.

Solution / Fix

VMWare ESX Server Management Interface HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released patches to address the issue.


VMWare ESX Server 2.0

VMWare ESX Server 2.0 build 5257

VMWare ESX Server 2.0.1 build 6403

VMWare ESX Server 2.0.1

VMWare ESX Server 2.1

VMWare ESX Server 2.1.1

VMWare ESX Server 2.1.2

VMWare ESX Server 2.5

VMWare ESX Server 2.5.2

References

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