CVE-2010-4573
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4539)
- Published
- December 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4539 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000114.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42591(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024917
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515420/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45543
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3303(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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