CVE-2017-4928

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The flash-based vSphere Web Client (6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c and 5.5 prior to 5.5 U3f) i.e. not the new HTML5-based vSphere Client, contains SSRF and CRLF injection issues due to improper neutralization of URLs. An attacker may exploit these issues by sending a POST request with modified headers towards internal services leading to information disclosure.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352 CWE-918

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	vSphere Web Client	6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c; 5.5 prior to 5.5 U3f

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101785Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039759Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0017.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101785Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039759Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0017.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 17, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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