CVE-2012-6324 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 and 5.1 before Patch 1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-12-21

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1a::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-6179	Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 and 5.1 before Patch 1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01457.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0018.html

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-12-21T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:26:39.285Z

Reserved: 2012-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6324

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-21T21:55:01.800

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:48:00.073

Link: CVE-2012-6324

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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