CVE-2005-3618
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the management interface for VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 patch 1, 2.1.x before 2.1.3 patch 1, and 2.x before 2.5.3 patch 2 allows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via URLs, as demonstrated using the setUsr operation to change a password. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged with CVE-2005-3619 to automatically perform the attacks.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.6
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affected products (4)
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references (14)
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- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21230enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016612enisa_euvd
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441726/100/100/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075enisa_euvd
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366Vendor Advisorynvd
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