CVE-2016-7462

high

Description

The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary content to files or rename files via a crafted DiskFileItem in a relay-request payload that is mishandled during deserialization.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-29

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01674