Description
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.
References
- 20060731 Corsaire Security Advisory - VMware ESX Server Password Cross Site Request Forgery issue mailing-list
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
- 20060801 VMSA-2006-0004 Cross site scripting vulnerability and other fixes mailing-list
- ADV-2006-3075 vdb-entry
- 1016612 vdb-entry
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-001.txt
- 21230 third-party-advisory