CVE-2020-3994 (GCVE-0-2020-3994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-20 16:14 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Session hijack vulnerability
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 233 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a vCenter Server Affected: vCenter Server (6.7 before 6.7u3, 6.6 before 6.5u3k)
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