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 to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-611
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-8311)
- Published
- December 29, 2016
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-8311 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
- vmware / vsphere client
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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