CVE-2009-3733
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 83.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- VMware Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_server_dir_travRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- VMware Server 2.0.1 / ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33310remote, multiplepublished 27 Oct 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3062 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023089 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 36842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 37186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1023088 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3705 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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