CVE-2012-1472

medium

Published 2012-03-13 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.4

VIR risk

6.4

Description

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager (aka CBM) before 2.0.1 does not properly handle XML API requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`{"endIncluding":"2.0.0"}`
vmware	vcenter_chargeback_manager	`1.6.2`

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0002.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0002.html

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.