CVE-2013-3520

high

Published 2013-06-17 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager (aka CBM) before 2.5.1 does not proper handle uploads, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-27046 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-07-23

VMware vCenter - Chargeback Manager ImageUploadServlet Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/http/vmware_vcenter_chargeback_upload rank 600

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager ImageUploadServlet Arbitrary File Upload

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`{"endIncluding":"2.5.0"}`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`1.5.0`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`1.6.0`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`1.6.1`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`1.6.2`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`2.0.0`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`2.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.