Vulnerability CVE-2019-5532


Published: 2019-09-18

Description:
VMware vCenter Server (6.7.x prior to 6.7 U3, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3 and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in plain-text for virtual machines deployed through OVF. A malicious user with access to the log files containing vCenter OVF-properties of a virtual machine deployed from an OVF may be able to view the credentials used to deploy the OVF (typically the root account of the virtual machine).

Type:

CWE-522

(Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Vmware -> Vcenter server 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html

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