CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7458
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
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.
Affected configurations
• vmware vsphere client 5.5
• vmware vsphere client 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html Vendor Advisory