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CVE-2016-7462

HIGH · CVSS 8.5 EPSS 2.04%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.5. It affects VMware, VMWare. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2016-7462
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.5
EPSS
2.04%
VMware VMWare

Original NVD 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.