CVE-2012-6326 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting VMware vCenter Server versions 4.1 (before Update 3) and 5.0 (before Update 2), as well as vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 (before Update 2). This flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust disk space by triggering excessive log entries. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:4.1:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:4.1:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.