CVE-2014-1210

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

11/04/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

VMware vSphere Client 5.0 before Update 3 and 5.1 before Update 2 does not properly validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0

5.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

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

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0003.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0003.html