The Update Installer in VMware ESXi 4.1, when a modified sfcb.cfg is present, does not properly configure the SFCB authentication mode,…

Description

The Update Installer in VMware ESXi 4.1, when a modified sfcb.cfg is present, does not properly configure the SFCB authentication mode, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via an arbitrary username and password.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 20101221 VMSA-2010-0020 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update Installer SFCB Authentication Flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1024917 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 45543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [security-announce] 20101221 VMSA-2010-0020 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update Installer SFCB Authentication Flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42591 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:51 UTC.