CVE-2020-3994 (GCVE-0-2020-3994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-20 16:14
Modified
2024-08-04 07:52
Severity ?
CWE
  • Session hijack vulnerability
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a vCenter Server Version: vCenter Server (6.7 before 6.7u3, 6.6 before 6.5u3k)
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