CVE-2013-1406

Exp

The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and 9.x before 9.0.1 on Windows, VMware Fusion 4.1 before 4.1.4 and 5.0 before 5.0.2, VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 on Windows, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly restrict memory allocation by control code, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2013-02-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1406 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1406

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
40164 exploit_db edb 2013-03-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1406

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.74% 0.97% +0.22%
2 2025-06-15 0.28% 0.74% +0.46%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1406

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1406

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1406

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware workstation 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.0.0:u2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 4.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0.0:u2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1406

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