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CVE-2012-6325

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents,...

4.0 Medium

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

0.95%Down 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.0

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2012-6325
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2012-6325
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-6180 No score

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2012-6180
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-86p9-gx2j-v457 No score

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents,...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-86p9-gx2j-v457
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
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In short

CVE-2012-6325 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance, published December 21, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.95%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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