CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-4573
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-12-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware esxi 4.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761 kb.vmware.com
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000114.html lists.vmware.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42591 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024917 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515420/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45543 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3303 Vendor Advisory
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761 kb.vmware.com
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000114.html lists.vmware.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42591 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024917 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515420/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45543 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3303 Vendor Advisory