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CVE-2016-7462

The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary content…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/94351 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037297 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • tenable.com /security/research/tra-2016-34 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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