CVE-2005-3618 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can perform unauthorized administrative actions, such as changing passwords, via CSRF in the VMware ESX Server management interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-3618?
CVE-2005-3618 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 31 Jul 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3618?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Esx.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3618?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2005-3618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h6c2-g6q9-7g8w.