Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in vCenter Server - CVE-2013-5971
Published: October 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42457
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5971
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Session fixation vulnerability in the vSphere Web Client Server in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
vCenter Server
How to mitigate CVE-2013-5971
Install update from vendor's website.