CVE-2020-3952

Summary

CVECVE-2020-3952
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-10 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionUnder 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.903840000 probability, percentile 0.997890000 (date 2026-07-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-306

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorVMware
ProductvCenter Server
NameVMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3952

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Authentication Bypass ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
VMSA-2020-0006.1 MISC www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

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