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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-4583

Original release date:12/29/2005
Last revised:03/28/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the Management Interface in VMware ESX Server 2.x up to 2.5.x before 24 December 2005 allows "remote code execution in the Web browser" via unspecified attack vectors, probably related to cross-site scripting (XSS).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2001
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2001
External Source: BID
Name: 16086
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16086
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 22119
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/22119
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015422
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015422
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18250
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18250
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-3084
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3084

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:2.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:2.0.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:2.1.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:2.1.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:2.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:2.5.2
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4583