Executive Summary

Summary
Title VMware vSphere Client updates address security vulnerabilities
Informations
Name VMSA-2014-0003 First vendor Publication 2014-04-10
Vendor VMware Last vendor Modification 2014-04-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

a. vSphere Client Insecure Client Download

vSphere Client contains a vulnerability in accepting an updated vSphere Client file from an untrusted source. The vulnerability may allow a host to direct vSphere Client to download and execute an arbitrary file from any URI. This issue can be exploited if the host has been compromised or if a user has been tricked into clicking a malicious link.

VMware would like to thank Recurity Labs GmbH and the Bundesamt Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) for reporting this issue to us

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2014-1209 to this issue.

b. VMware vSphere Client spoofing vulnerability

VMware vSphere Client contains a vulnerability in the validation of the server security certificate. Exploitation of the issue may lead to vCenter server being spoofed. A user would have to be tricked into clicking a malicious link.

VMware would like to thank Recurity Labs GmbH and the Bundesamt Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) for reporting this issue to us

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2014-1210 to this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0003.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2014-04-17 IAVM : 2014-B-0043 - Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in VMware vSphere Client
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0049573

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-12-30 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2014-0003_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-17 Name : The remote host has a virtualization client application installed that is aff...
File : vsphere_client_vmsa_2014-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-11 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2014-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-12-31 13:26:17
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-18 21:24:39
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-18 13:25:58
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-15 13:26:36
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-12 13:22:57
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-12 00:23:14
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-11 09:19:41
  • First insertion