Medium severity5.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7458
CVE-2016-7458
Description
VMware vSphere Client 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote vCenter Server and ESXi instances to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94483nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037328nvd
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