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CVE-2013-5971

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.

Published

2013-10-21T10:54:30.567

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware vcenter_server ≤ 5.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 4.0.0.10021 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 4.0.0.12305 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 4.1 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 4.1.0.12319 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 4.1.0.14766 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 4.1.0.17435 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 5.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 5.0 Yes
References