National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4281
Original release date:11/10/2008
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in VMWare ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200810401-O-UG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200810201-UG allows administrators with the Datastore.FileManagement privilege to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: MLIST
Name: [Security-announce] 20081106 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: vmware-virtualcenter-directory-traversal(46418)
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021155
External Source: BID
Name: 32172
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081107 VMSA-2008-0018 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3052
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32624
Type: Advisory