CVE-2016-7462
high
CVSS v3
8.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
90%
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 | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | vrealize_operations | 6.0.0 | |
| vmware | vrealize_operations | 6.1.0 | |
| vmware | vrealize_operations | 6.2.0a | |
| vmware | vrealize_operations | 6.2.1 | |
| vmware | vrealize_operations | 6.3.0 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34
CWEs
CWE-264 CWE-749
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.