CVE-2014-8371

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.0-5.5 - Certificate Validation Bypass via CIM Server Connection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23

Scores

EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-310
Status published
Products (3)
vmware/vcenter_server_appliance 5.0 update_1 (4 CPE variants)
vmware/vcenter_server_appliance 5.1 (3 CPE variants)
vmware/vcenter_server_appliance 5.5 (2 CPE variants)
Published Dec 08, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026