SFCB (Small Footprint CIM Broker) as used in ESXi has an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to port 5989 on ESXi may exploit this issue to bypass SFCB authentication by sending a specially crafted request.
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud_foundation | Vmware | 3.0 (including) | 3.10.2 (excluding) |
| Cloud_foundation | Vmware | 4.0 (including) | 4.3 (excluding) |