CVE-2016-7460

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Single Sign-On feature in VMware vCenter Server 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a and vRealize Automation 6.x before 6.2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via an 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 9.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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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