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CVE-2012-6325

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6325 describes an arbitrary file read vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 prior to Update 2, stemming from improper XML document parsing. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) allows remote authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files, with no impact on integrity or availability. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:*:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0018.html
Vendor Advisory