Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before…
Priority LOW 22CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 and 5.1 before Patch 1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01457 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 | Vulnerable | VMware |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 update1 | Vulnerable | VMware |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 update1a | Vulnerable | VMware |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1 | Vulnerable | VMware |
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update1 Vulnerable ·VMware
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 update1a Vulnerable ·VMware
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-6324
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3f29-39mf-32c5
References
More VMware Vcenter Server Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2013-02690 VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2014-03073 Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) in VMware vCenter Server Appliance allows remote authenticated… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2013-02689 VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1 before Update 1 allows remote authenticated… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2013-01458 VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
Sources
- CVE-2012-6324 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-6324 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3f29-39mf-32c5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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