CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5532

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Sep 18, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

VMware vCenter Server (6.7.x prior to 6.7 U3, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3 and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in plain-text for virtual machines deployed through OVF. A malicious user with access to the log files containing vCenter OVF-properties of a virtual machine deployed from an OVF may be able to view the credentials used to deploy the OVF (typically the root account of the virtual machine).

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-a (including) 6.0-a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-b (including) 6.0-b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-u1 (including) 6.0-u1 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-u1b (including) 6.0-u1b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-u3 (including) 6.0-u3 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update2 (including) 6.0-update2 (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update2a (including) 6.0-update2a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update2m (including) 6.0-update2m (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3a (including) 6.0-update3a (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3b (including) 6.0-update3b (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3c (including) 6.0-update3c (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3d (including) 6.0-update3d (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3e (including) 6.0-update3e (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3f (including) 6.0-update3f (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3g (including) 6.0-update3g (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3h (including) 6.0-update3h (including)
Vcenter_server Vmware 6.0-update3i (including) 6.0-update3i (including)

Potential Mitigations

References