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CVE-2005-3618

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: from 2.0.1 before 2.0.2; from 2.1.1 before 2.1.3; from 2.5.2 before 2.5.3 — fixed in 2.0.2, 2.1.3, 2.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware ESX 2.0.2, 2.1.3, 2.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612
• http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612
• http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded

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