{"cve":"CVE-2014-8371","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-08T11:59:08.250","modified":"2026-06-17T00:16:38.370","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-310"],"references":["http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded","http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded"],"products":["vmware:vcenter_server_appliance"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-8371","score":0.00589,"percentile":0.48168,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}