CVE-2016-7462 Information

Description

The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary content to files or rename files via a crafted DiskFileItem in a relay-request payload that is mishandled during deserialization.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.5