CVE-2016-7458

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

VMware vSphere Client 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote vCenter Server and ESXi instances to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

VMware Vsphere Client: 5.5, 5.5-u1, 5.5-u2, 5.5-u3a, 5.5-u3b, 6.0 (+6)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.html

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