CVE-2019-5538

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

Sensitive information disclosure vulnerability resulting from a lack of certificate validation during the File-Based Backup and Restore operations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance (6.7 before 6.7u3a and 6.5 before 6.5u3d) may allow a malicious actor to intercept sensitive data in transit over SCP. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle positioning between vCenter Server Appliance and a backup target may be able to intercept sensitive data in transit during File-Based Backup and Restore operations.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

Affected Products (29)

vmware · vcenter_servervulnerable

References (2)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0018.html

Vendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0018.html

Vendor Advisory