⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-03. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2020-3952Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Vmware Vcenter Server

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
94.4%
top 0.04%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2021-11-03
Due 2022-05-03
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedApr 10
KEV addedNov 3
KEV dueMay 3
Latest updateMay 24
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Under certain conditions, vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not correctly implement access controls.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5vmware/vmware_vcenter_servervCenter Server 6.7 (embedded or external PSC) prior to 6.7u3f is affected by CVE-2020-3952 if it was upgraded from a previous release line such as 6.0 or 6.5. Clean installations of vCenter Server 6.7 (embedded or external PSC) are not affected.

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rqpw-v3g2-qccx: Under certain conditions, vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-3952: Under certain conditions, vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not2020-04-10
VulnCheck
VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability2020

💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
VMware vCenter Server 6.7 - Authentication Bypass2020-06-01
Nuclei
VMware vCenter Server LDAP Broken Access Control

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability2021-11-03
VMware
VMware vCenter Server updates address sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service (vmdir) (CVE-2020-3952)2020-04-09
CVE-2020-3952 — Vmware Vcenter Server vulnerability | cvebase