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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2014-12-08

Updated: 2018-10-09

Type: CWE-310

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM