01 Record
CVE-2010-4573
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-12-22 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 493c184946be8430d5aa6e4bf0a18ffd94dd080c5d030cee5e7e43bfb3f5de26
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20101221 VMSA-2010-0020 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update Installer SFCB Authentication Flawhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515420/100/0/threaded
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html
- securitytracker.com1024917http://securitytracker.com/id?1024917
- www.securityfocus.com45543http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45543
- lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20101221 VMSA-2010-0020 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update Installer SFCB Authentication Flawhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000114.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3303http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3303
- secunia.com42591http://secunia.com/advisories/42591
- kb.vmware.comhttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761