CVE-2012-6324 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-6324?

CVE-2012-6324 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 and 5.1 before Patch 1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6324?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6324?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6324 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-6324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-3790 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2013-3079 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2013-3080 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2014-3797 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 4.3
• CVE-2014-8371 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3f29-39mf-32c5.