PT-2016-7345 · Vmware · Vmware Vsphere Hypervisor

Published 2016-12-29 · Updated 2016-12-31 · CVE-2016-7463

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) versions 5.5 through 6.0

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client. This allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted VM.

Recommendations For versions 5.5 through 6.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7463

Affected Products

Vmware Vsphere Hypervisor

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7463 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94998 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037501 · Note