CVE-2016-2076 describes a session hijacking vulnerability in the Client Integration Plugin (CIP) affecting VMware vCenter Server 5.5 and 6.0, vCloud Director 5.5.5, and vRealize Automation Identity Appliance 6.2.4. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions through a crafted website due to mishandled session content. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:1b:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:3b:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:u3c:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcloud_automation_identity_appliance:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.