CVE-2016-7458

medium

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.

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-29

Updated: 2017-07-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.8

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

Severity: Medium