CVE Database · CVE-2013-5973
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.35%
Published
Dec 23, 2013
Modified
Apr 28, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.5 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow local users to read or modify arbitrary files by leveraging the Virtual Machine Power User or Resource Pool Administrator role for a vCenter Server Add Existing Disk action with a (1) -flat, (2) -rdm, or (3) -rdmp filename.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (16)
References (16)