CVE-2012-1512

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1512
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-16 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the internal browser in vSphere Client in VMware vSphere 4.1 before Update 2 and 5.0 before Update 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted log-file entry.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Vsphere All update1 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware vSphere Client Input Validation Flaw Permits Script Injection Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/80119 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
VMSA-2012-0005.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple VMware Products Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA48387 - VMware vSphere Client Log Entry Script Insertion Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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