CVE-2016-5331

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5331
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-08 01:59:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-93 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server All update_1b All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMSA-2016-0010.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
VMware vCenter Server Header Injection Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Redirect Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMware vCenter Server and ESXi CVE-2016-5331 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESXi Server Header Injection Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Redirect Attacks and DLL Loading Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) HTTP Response Injection ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Full Disclosure: [SYSS-2016-063] VMware ESXi 6 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
VMware DLL Loading Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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