{
    "id": "CVE-2009-3733",
    "published": "2009-11-02 15:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:12:15",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-22",
    "description": "Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138 on Linux, VMware ESXi 3.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.",
    "epss_score": "0.83378",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99673",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:16:47",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "esx"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "esxi"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "server"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33310",
            "title": "VMware Server 2.0.1 / ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal",
            "date": "2009-10-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33310"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/37186",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1023088",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1023089",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7822",
        "http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000069.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/37186",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1023088",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1023089",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507523/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3062",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7822"
    ]
}