Security readout for executives and security teams
This issue affects legacy VMware ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3.5 systems. A local administrator could trigger a host crash using a malformed VMDK delta disk snapshot. Business impact is availability loss for workloads on the host, but the attacker already needs local administrative access. Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running VMware ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200901401-I-SG or ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200901401-SG. These are legacy platforms, so current exposure should be uncommon but high-consequence where present. Treat this as a legacy-platform availability risk. It is not described as remote code execution, but any unpatched host can be crashed by an administrator-level actor, potentially disrupting multiple dependent systems. Mitigation focus: Apply VMware advisory updates ESXe350-200901401-I-SG or ESX350-200901401-SG where applicable.; Retire or isolate remaining ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3.5 hosts if patching is impractical.; Restrict and review local administrator access on affected virtualization hosts..
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- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5909CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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