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CVE-2017-4928

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Publication date:
17/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

The flash-based vSphere Web Client (6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c and 5.5 prior to 5.5 U3f) i.e. not the new HTML5-based vSphere Client, contains SSRF and CRLF injection issues due to improper neutralization of URLs. An attacker may exploit these issues by sending a POST request with modified headers towards internal services leading to information disclosure.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:2b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:2e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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