THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2013-3658
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-3658

Esx vulnerability

CVSS
9.4
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary host OS files via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Vmware
Affected product
Esx
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-09-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-3658

  • Confirm whether Vmware Esx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-3658.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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