VMware patches a critical information disclosure flaw in vCenter Server with a CVSSv3 score of 10.0. Background On April 9, VMware published VMSA-2020-0006, a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in vCenter Server that received the maximum CVSSv3 score of 10.0.

CVE-2020-3952: Sensitive Information Disclosure in VMware vCenter Server (VMSA-2020-0006)

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.

The version of VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is 6.7 prior to U3F, and is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability caused by insufficient access controls in vmdir. This allows an attacker with network access to an affected vmdir deployment may be able to extract highly sensitive information. This information can be used to compromise the vCenter Server or other services which depends on VMware directory service authentication. (CVE-2020-3952)     Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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CVE-2020-3952

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