CVE-2010-4573 Information

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 username and password.

Reference

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1031761 http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000114.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42591 http://securitytracker.com/id?1024917 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515420/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45543 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0020.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3303