CVE-2016-5331

MEDIUM

VMware vCenter Server <6.0 - Code Injection

Title source: llm

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

References (8)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138211/VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-HTTP-Response-Injection.html

[Mailing List] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/38

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036543

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545

[Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539128/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92324

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0033

EPSS Percentile 55.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-93

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

vmware/vcenter_server < 6.0

vmware/esxi

Timeline

Published Aug 08, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026