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CVE-2011-4404

67
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4404 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the default configuration of the Jetty HTTP server within VMware vCenter Update Manager versions 4.0 (before Update 4) and 4.1 (before Update 2). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors to achieve partial confidentiality impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, indicating its potential for exploitation. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_update_manager:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_update_manager:4.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_update_manager:4.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_update_manager:4.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_update_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
59.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: VMware Update Manager 4 Directory Traversal · Nov 21, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-18138 · Nov 21, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5973 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

jetty.codehaus.org / jetty/jetty-6/xref/org/mortbay/jetty/handler/ResourceHandler.html
jetty.codehaus.org / jetty/jetty-6/xref/org/mortbay/jetty/servlet/DefaultServlet.html
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0014.html
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