CVE-2016-7458

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7458
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-29 09:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-28 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u2 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u3a All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u3b All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 2 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 2m All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 a All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 b All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 u1b All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u2 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u3a All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 5.5 u3b All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 2 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 2m All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 a All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 b All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vsphere Client 6.0 u1b All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware vSphere Client XML External Entity Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
VMSA-2016-0022 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware vSphere Client CVE-2016-7458 XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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