CVE-2016-2076

high

Published 2016-04-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.6

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.6

Description

Client Integration Plugin (CIP) in VMware vCenter Server 5.5 U3a, U3b, and U3c and 6.0 before U2; vCloud Director 5.5.5; and vRealize Automation Identity Appliance 6.2.4 before 6.2.4.1 mishandles session content, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

84%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	vcenter_server	`{"endIncluding":"6.0"}`
vmware	vcenter_server	`5.5`
vmware	vcloud_automation_identity_appliance	`6.2.4`
vmware	vcloud_director	`5.5.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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