PT-2016-5004 · Vmware · Vmware Vcenter Server+1

Hyp3Rlinx + 1 · Published 2016-06-08 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-2078

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vCenter Server versions 5.1 before update 3d VMware vCenter Server versions 5.5 before update 3d VMware vCenter Server versions 6.0 before update 2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the Web Client of VMware vCenter Server, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flashvars parameter.

Recommendations For VMware vCenter Server version 5.1, update to version 5.1 update 3d or later. For VMware vCenter Server version 5.5, update to version 5.5 update 3d or later. For VMware vCenter Server version 6.0, update to version 6.0 update 2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2078

Affected Products

Vmware Vcenter

Vmware Vcenter Server

References · 7

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2078 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2078 · Vendor Advisory
• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/538484/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035961 · Note