CVE-2014-8371

medium

Description

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate.

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-08

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00127