Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-7458

Disclosure Date: December 29, 2016
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.8 Medium
Impact Score:
1.4
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • vmware

Products

  • vsphere client 5.5,
  • vsphere client 6.0

Additional Info

Technical Analysis