CVE-2014-8371

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

VMware Vcenter Server Appliance: 5.0-update_1, 5.0-update_2, 5.0-update_3, 5.0-update_3a, 5.1, 5.1-update_1 (+3)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

Get alerted when CVE-2014-8371 or the next vulnerability affects your stack