CVE-2014-8371

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 69% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: December 8, 2014 (4176 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-310

Affected Products

vmware vcenter server appliance

References

🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com