CVE-2013-1661

Published: Sep 4, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and application crash) by modifying the client-server data stream.

Affected (14)

Products: Vmware: Esx, Esxi

Vmware

2 products

Esx

Esxi

Configuration A

14 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Esx	Version 4.0
Vmware Esx	Version 4.1
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.0
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.0 1
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.0 2
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.0 3
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.0 4
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.1
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.1 1
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.1 2
Vmware Esxi	Version 5.0
Vmware Esxi	Version 5.0 1
Vmware Esxi	Version 5.0 2
Vmware Esxi	Version 5.1

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (2)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0011.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0011.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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