JVNDB-2013-000123

VMware ESX and ESXi may allow access to arbitrary files

VMware ESX and ESXi contain a vulnerability in the handling of Virtual Machine file descriptors, which may allow access to arbitrary ESX and ESXi files.

Shanon Olsson reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

VMware

• VMware ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201310001
• VMware ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201312001
• VMware ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201310001
• VMware ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201312001
• VMware ESXi 5.0 without patch update-from-esxi5.0-5.0_update03
• VMware ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201310001
• VMware ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201312001

Users that have privileges to execute "Add New Disk" or "Add Existing Disk" in vCenter Server may obtain read and write access to arbitrary ESX and ESXi files.

According to the developer, this issue cannot be exploited through VMware vCloud Director.

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VMware

• VMware : VMSA-2013-0016 - VMware ESXi and ESX unauthorized file access through vCenter Server and ESX

1. No Mapping(CWE-noinfo) [IPA Evaluation]

1. CVE-2013-5973

1. JVN : JVN#13154935
2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2013-5973

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