CVE-2009-3733
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138 on Linux, VMware ESXi 3.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 83%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-22
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37186
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023088
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023089
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7822
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37186
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023088
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023089
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7822
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