CVE-2012-6324 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) versions 5.0 before Update 2 and 5.1 before Patch 1. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it has a low severity, requiring authentication (Au:S) and network access (AV:N) to achieve partial confidentiality impact (C:P). While there is no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it's not listed in the KEV catalog, there has been some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not considered actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.