CVE-2015-1047 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server versions 5.0 (before u3e), 5.1 (before u3), and 5.5 (before u2). Remote attackers can exploit this by sending an excessively long heartbeat message to the vpxd service. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to cause a denial of service without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is there publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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