CVE-2016-7458

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.

Published: Dec 29, 2016
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2016-7458
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-611

OWASP TOP 10:

A4 - XML External Entities (XXE)

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
vmware / vsphere_client	5.5-u3a	5.5-u3a.x
vmware / vsphere_client	5.5-u1	5.5-u1.x
vmware / vsphere_client	5.5	5.5.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0-2	6.0-2.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0-u1b	6.0-u1b.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0-b	6.0-b.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0-2m	6.0-2m.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0-u1	6.0-u1.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0	6.0.x
vmware / vsphere_client	6.0-a	6.0-a.x
vmware / vsphere_client	5.5-u2	5.5-u2.x
vmware / vsphere_client	5.5-u3b	5.5-u3b.x

Vulnerability Database

289,697

CVE-2016-7458