CVE-2013-5971
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in the vSphere Web Client Server in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions and gain privileges 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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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | vcenter_server | {"endIncluding":"5.0"} | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 4.0.0.10021 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 4.0.0.12305 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 4.1 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 4.1.0.12319 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 4.1.0.14766 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 4.1.0.17435 | |
| vmware | vcenter_server | 5.0 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/98718
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63218
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88134
- http://osvdb.org/98718
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63218
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88134
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.