Directory traversal vulnerability in vCenter Server in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 3 and 4.1 before Update 1, and VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 6a, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000137.html | mailing list vendor advisory |
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025502 | vdb entry |
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0008.html | vendor advisory |