# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h6c2-g6q9-7g8w

## 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: 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

- [CVE-2013-1405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1405/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-1516](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1516/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2013-3658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3658/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2012-3288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3288/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-4281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4281/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-3618 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Esx. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3618/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3618/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3618
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3618
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3618

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3618/
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