Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-1661
CVE-2013-1661
Description
VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and application crash) by modifying the client-server data stream.
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.0 - 5.1
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0011.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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