CVE-2013-5973
N/A
Published: December 23, 2013 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorESXiESX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVN
Source: [email protected]
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13154935/index.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
Source: [email protected]
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000123.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530482/100/0/threadedx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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