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CVE-2014-1209

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
11/04/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

VMware vSphere Client 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 before Update 3, and 5.1 before Update 2 does not properly validate updates to Client files, which allows remote attackers to trigger the downloading and execution of an arbitrary program via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_client:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_client:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_client:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere_client:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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