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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.04% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-749
- Affected
- vmware/vrealize operations
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 2.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.