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CVE-2014-8371

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
08/12/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update_3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.5:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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