CVE-2011-4404
VMware vCenter Update Manager - Directory Traversal and Arbitrary File Read
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2011-4404.
PoCs published by Alexey Sintsov, Alexey Sintsov, sinn3r, including Metasploit module auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_update_manager_traversal.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup detailing a directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Update Manager's Jetty web server, allowing unauthenticated file reads. It includes a sample exploit URL and references to vendor advisories.
Description
The default configuration of the HTTP server in Jetty in vSphere Update Manager in VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.0 before Update 4 and 4.1 before Update 2 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, a related issue to CVE-2009-1523.
Exploits (2)
This is a technical writeup detailing a directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Update Manager's Jetty web server, allowing unauthenticated file reads. It includes a sample exploit URL and references to vendor advisories.
This Metasploit module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Update Manager (CVE-2011-4404) to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. It sends a crafted HTTP GET request with traversal sequences to access files outside the intended directory.