CVE-2013-5973
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.5 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow local users to read or modify arbitrary files by leveraging the Virtual Machine Power User or Resource Pool Administrator role for a vCenter Server Add Existing Disk action with a (1) -flat, (2) -rdm, or (3) -rdmp filename.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-5803)
- Published
- December 23, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-5803 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13154935/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000123.html
- http://osvdb.org/101387
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530482/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64491
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029529
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0016.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89938
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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