Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in vCenter Server Appliance - CVE-2013-3080
Published: May 1, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42860
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3080
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server Appliance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to execute arbitrary code.
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, by leveraging Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) web-interface access.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3080
Install update from vendor's website.