Cross-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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esx | Vmware | 2.0.1 (including) | 2.0.2 (excluding) |
| Esx | Vmware | 2.1.1 (including) | 2.1.3 (excluding) |
| Esx | Vmware | 2.5.2 (including) | 2.5.3 (excluding) |
References
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075