VMware ESX and ESXi CVE-2013-3658 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:62323

Info

VMware ESX and ESXi CVE-2013-3658 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 62323
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2013-3658
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 06 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 01 2013 12:13AM
Credit: Shanon Olsson
Vulnerable: VMWare ESXi 5.0
VMWare ESXi 4.1
VMWare ESXi 4.0
VMWare ESX 4.1
VMWare ESX 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

VMware ESX and ESXi CVE-2013-3658 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

VMware ESX and ESXi are prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability.

Remote attackers can use specially crafted requests with directory-traversal sequences ('../') to delete arbitrary files on the host operating system.

The following versions are vulnerable:

VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1
VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0

Exploit / POC

VMware ESX and ESXi CVE-2013-3658 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using a web browser.

Solution / Fix

VMware ESX and ESXi CVE-2013-3658 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

VMware ESX and ESXi CVE-2013-3658 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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