Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-3657 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in VMWare ESX and Esxi
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
OS | 11 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family | VMware ESX Local Security Checks |
NASL id | VMWARE_CIM_SERVICES_RCE.NASL |
description | The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A buffer overflow flaw exists that allows remote, authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-3657) - A directory traversal flaw exists that allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files. (CVE-2013-3658) Note that the vendor has not publicly acknowledged these flaws. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 70448 |
published | 2013-10-15 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70448 |
title | VMware ESX/ESXi CIM Services Multiple Vulnerabilities |
Seebug
bulletinFamily | exploit |
description | BUGTRAQ ID: 62316 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2013-3657 VMware ESX Server是为适用于任何系统环境的企业级虚拟计算机软件。 VMware ESX 4.1、4.0、VMware ESXi 5.0, 4.1, 4.0没有正确限制数据大小,存在缓冲区溢出漏洞,远程攻击者利用此漏洞可执行任意代码。 0 VMWare ESX 4.1 VMWare ESX 4.0 VMWare ESXi 5.0 VMWare ESXi 4.1 VMWare ESXi 4.0 厂商补丁: VMWare ------ 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题,请到厂商的主页下载: http://www.vmware.com/security/ http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN19847770/995428/index.html |
id | SSV:61011 |
last seen | 2017-11-19 |
modified | 2013-09-14 |
published | 2013-09-14 |
reporter | Root |
title | VMware ESX及ESXi缓冲区溢出漏洞 |