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CVE-2020-5406Not scoredCWE-522

CVE-2020-5406: PCF Autoscaling logs its database credentials

Pivotal · VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Vendor fix available · Affected: Pivotal VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

1.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
64th percentile
050100

Higher than 64% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs, 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.18, 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.11, and 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.5, includes a version of PCF Autoscaling that writes database connection properties to its log, including database username and password. A malicious user with access to those logs may gain unauthorized access to the database being used by Autoscaling.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • Pivotal · VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMsfrom 2.8.x before 2.8.5; from 2.7.x before 2.7.11; from 2.6.x before 2.6.18

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Pivotal
Published
April 2020

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