CVE-2017-8040

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 68% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: September 9, 2017 (3170 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

In Single Sign-On for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4 and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3, an XXE (XML External Entity) attack was discovered in the Single Sign-On service dashboard. Privileged users can in some cases upload malformed XML leading to exposure of data on the Single Sign-On service broker file system.

CWE

CWE-611

Affected Products

vmware single sign-on for pivotal cloud foundry

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 pivotal.io 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 pivotal.io