Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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VMware Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability
auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_server_dir_trav
Exploit-DB 1
- VMware Server 2.0.1 / ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal EDB-33310 · remote · Oct 27, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- GLSA-201209-25 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7822 vdb-entry signature
- ADV-2009-3062 vdb-entry
- 1023089 vdb-entry
- [security-announce] 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues mailing-list
- 36842 vdb-entry
- 37186 third-party-advisory
- 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues mailing-list
- 1023088 vdb-entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html