Path traversal in vCenter Server Appliance - CVE-2012-6324
Published: December 21, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43232
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6324
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server Appliance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 and 5.1 before Patch 1. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6324
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.