CVE-2017-4928 (GCVE-0-2017-4928)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-17 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:48
VLAI
Summary
The flash-based vSphere Web Client (6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c and 5.5 prior to 5.5 U3f) i.e. not the new HTML5-based vSphere Client, contains SSRF and CRLF injection issues due to improper neutralization of URLs. An attacker may exploit these issues by sending a POST request with modified headers towards internal services leading to information disclosure.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Server-side request forgery and carriage return line feed injection issues
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039759 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101785 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware vSphere Web Client Affected: 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c
Affected: 5.5 prior to 5.5 U3f
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Date Public
2017-11-09 00:00
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