Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-7463 (CCN-119911)

Assigned:2016-12-20
Published:2016-12-20
Updated:2016-12-31
Summary:Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted VM.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:3.5 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Cross-Site Scripting
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-7463

Source: CCN
Type: Full Disclosure mailing list, Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:46:18 +0000
NEW VMSA-2016-0023 VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1037501
VMware ESXi Input Validation Flaw in Host Client Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
94998

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94998
VMware ESXi CVE-2016-7463 HTML Injection Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1037501

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0023
VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-cve20167463-xss(119911)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    vmware esxi 5.5
    vmware esxi 6.0
    vmware esxi 5.5
    vmware esxi 6.0
    vmware esxi 6.5