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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…
Medium5.8EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
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 to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94483 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1037328 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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