CVE-2016-5331

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-93

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware ESXi: 6.0
VMware vCenter Server: through 6.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138211/VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-HTTP-Response-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/38
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539128/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92324
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036543
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138211/VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-HTTP-Response-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/38
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539128/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92324

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