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CVE-2005-3618

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3618 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the management interface of VMware ESX Server versions 2.0.x, 2.1.x, and 2.x. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions as an administrator, such as changing passwords, by tricking them into clicking malicious URLs. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.1, < 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.1, < 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.5.2, < 2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0301 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.vmware.com / kb/2118366
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21230
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
corsaire.com / advisories/c051114-001.txt
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/441726/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3075
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory