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CVE-2013-5970

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 4.0, 4.1 (and their updates)
• VMware ESXi: 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (and their updates)

References

• http://osvdb.org/98719
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63216
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029206
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88135
• http://osvdb.org/98719
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63216
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029206
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88135

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