CVE-2020-3994

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 7.4
Description
VMware vCenter Server (6.7 before 6.7u3, 6.6 before 6.5u3k) contains a session hijack vulnerability in the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface update function due to a lack of certificate validation. A malicious actor with network positioning between vCenter Server and an update repository may be able to perform a session hijack when the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface is used to download vCenter updates.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-3994
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-10-20T17:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-24T10:44:27
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0 3.9
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1e:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1g:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2g:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3994
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3994
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 00:31:43 2020-10-20T17:15Z 2020-10-20T17:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 00:31:43 2021-08-24T10:44:27 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 00:31:43 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated