CVE-2016-7462
The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-7462- CVSS 3.0
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-749
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-7462- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8315 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8315- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v9q7-cmc5-22hj
The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-v9q7-cmc5-22hj- CVSS 3.0
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7462 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Vmware Vrealize Operations, published December 29, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.