CVE-2012-6325

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.0 before Update 2 does not properly parse XML documents, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-12-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6325 is rated Low Risk (26.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6325

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.14% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.12% 0.17% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6325

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6325

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6325

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware vcenter_server_appliance <= 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:*:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter_server_appliance 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6325

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