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CVE-2016-7462

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
29/12/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools