CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7460

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2016-12-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-12-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-611

Description

The Single Sign-On feature in VMware vCenter Server 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a and vRealize Automation 6.x before 6.2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service 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 vrealize automation 6.0.0 • vmware vrealize automation 6.0.1 • vmware vrealize automation 6.0.1.1 • vmware vrealize automation 6.0.1.2 • vmware vrealize automation 6.1.0 • vmware vrealize automation 6.1.1 • vmware vrealize automation 6.2.0 • vmware vrealize automation 6.2.1 • vmware vrealize automation 6.2.2 • vmware vrealize automation 6.2.3 • vmware vrealize automation 6.2.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References