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CVE-2016-7462

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% 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-264

Description

The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary content to files or rename files via a crafted DiskFileItem in a relay-request payload that is mishandled during deserialization.

Affected products

• VMware vRealize Operations: 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.2.0a, 6.2.1, 6.3.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34

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