CVE-2016-7462

The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary content to files or rename files via a crafted DiskFileItem in a relay-request payload that is mishandled during deserialization.

• CWE-264
• CWE-749

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94351
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037297
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-34Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 29, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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