{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4573 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2010-4573 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 22 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4573 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2010-4573 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 22 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4573 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Esxi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4573/index.md)","id":"CVE-2010-4573","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4573/index.md","name":"CVE-2010-4573","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-76jq-8wqx-96ch"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"VMware ESXi hypervisor","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can bypass authentication in VMware ESXi Update Installer if a modified configuration file is present, gaining unauthorized access.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"esxi","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"description":"The Update Installer in VMware ESXi 4.1, when a modified sfcb.cfg is present, does not properly configure the SFCB authentication mode, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via an arbitrary username and password.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-4573","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:esxi","products":["vmware:esxi"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2010"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-4574"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-4572"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2010-12-22","related":[{"cvss_score":2.7,"headline":"Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging","id":"CVE-2026-41709","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware ESXi","id":"CVE-2019-5521","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-20"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Use-after-free vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-22252","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-05"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in ESXi","id":"CVE-2020-3955","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-29"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client","id":"CVE-2019-5527","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-10-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, and VMware Fusion","id":"CVE-2018-6981","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-12-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can bypass authentication in VMware ESXi Update Installer if a modified configuration file is present, gaining unauthorized access.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4573/"}