VMware vCenter Server Appliance up to 6.5/6.7 Backup/Restore certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in VMware vCenter Server Appliance up to 6.5/6.7. This affects an unknown function of the component Backup/Restore. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-5538. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware vCenter Server Appliance up to 6.5/6.7 (Server Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Backup/Restore. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5538 since 01/07/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-144382 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

01/07/2019 🔍
10/28/2019 +294 days 🔍
10/29/2019 +1 days 🔍
01/29/2024 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-5538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144383
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2019 11:56
Updated: 01/29/2024 14:14
Changes: 10/29/2019 11:56 (37), 10/29/2019 13:54 (18), 01/29/2024 14:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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