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FKIE_CVE-2016-7458

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-12-29 09:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53

Severity

5.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

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

URL	Tags
security@vmware.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328
security@vmware.com	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
vmware	vsphere_client	5.5
vmware	vsphere_client	5.5
vmware	vsphere_client	5.5
vmware	vsphere_client	5.5
vmware	vsphere_client	5.5
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0
vmware	vsphere_client	6.0

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CVE-2016-7458 (GCVE-0-2016-7458)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-29 09:02 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:57

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

vmware CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 253 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2016-11-22 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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