Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-7458 First vendor Publication 2016-12-29
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-07-28

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 5.8
Base Score 5.8 Environmental Score 5.8
impact SubScore 1.4 Temporal Score 5.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Changed Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7458

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-611 Information Leak Through XML External Entity File Disclosure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 12

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-12-09 Name : The remote host has a virtualization client application installed that is aff...
File : vsphere_client_vmsa_2016-0022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-02 Name : A virtualization management application installed on the remote host is affec...
File : vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2016-0022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328

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Date Informations
2021-05-04 12:53:50
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2017-07-28 09:22:33
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2016-12-31 09:24:36
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2016-12-29 21:23:47
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2016-12-29 13:20:33
  • First insertion