CVE-2010-4573 (GCVE-0-2010-4573)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-12-22 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:51
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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