CVE-2016-7458

Published Dec 29, 2016

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
VMware vSphere Client 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote vCenter Server and ESXi instances to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Source
security@vmware.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.8
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-611

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations