CVE-2016-7459 in vCenter Server

Summary

VMware vCenter Server 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a (1) Log Browser, (2) Distributed Switch setup, or (3) Content Library XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

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• Reservation: 09/09/2016
• Disclosure: 12/29/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-93794 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-611 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.7
• EPSS: 0.00549
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7459
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7459
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-7459/