CVE-2013-3079 — VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges by leveraging Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) access

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VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges by leveraging Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) access

Published May 1, 2013

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.74%

Description

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges by leveraging Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) access.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.74% 0.01737

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01737

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.74% (0.01737)	76.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.74% (0.01737)	74.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.50% (0.00499)	63.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.25% (0.00246)	65.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	59.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.21% (0.00207)	58.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00160)	51.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.25% (0.00246)	60.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (1)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0006.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0006.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 1, 2013

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 16, 2013

Link CVE-2013-3079

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-3079

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2013-3079