CVE-2011-1789: VMware Esx

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The self-extracting installer in the vSphere Client Installer package in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 3 and 4.1 before Update 1, VMware ESXi 4.x before 4.1 Update 1, and VMware ESX 4.x before 4.1 Update 1 does not have a digital signature, which might make it easier for remote attackers to spoof the software distribution via a Trojan horse installer.

Affected products

• VMware Esx: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• VMware ESXi: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• VMware vCenter: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only

Published 2011-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.