CVE-2009-3733

mediumpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.834 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

83.4% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138 on Linux, VMware ESXi 3.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-33310VMware Server 2.0.1 / ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversalfunctional · exploit_db
auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_server_dir_travVMware Server Directory Traversal Vulnerabilityfunctional · metasploit

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware esx= 3.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.1_build_29996nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.4_build_56528nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 1.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-11-02modified 2026-06-16

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references (20)

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