CVE-2014-8371

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.59% (48th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v2.03.7lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-310USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware vcenter server appliance= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter server appliance= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcenter server appliance= 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-12-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

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