CVE-2016-7459

HighCVSS 7.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 29, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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