What is CVE-2016-7458?

CVE-2016-7458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vsphere_client, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2016-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-7458?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

XXE in Vmware Vsphere_client

CVE-2016-7458

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…

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.004 (64.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Vsphere_client — versions 5.5, 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
94483 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
1037328 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7458?: CVE-2016-7458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vsphere_client, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2016-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-7458?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.