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01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: vmware
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 68.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-12-29 09:02Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-09-09
Assigning CNA
vmware
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5b1ca2fc03d88d7d20f66a82eee35a153553eb18d7b9d19bccdde1e0f42ade28

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
vmwarevsphere_clientNot specified—

06 References