Information disclosure in vSphere Data Protection - CVE-2018-11077
Published: November 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15991
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11077
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vSphere Data Protection
vSphere Data Protection
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to VDP Java management console’s SSL/TLS private key may be leaked in the VDP Java management client package. A remote attacker can access arbitrary data that may be used by an unauthenticated attacker on the same data-link layer to initiate a MITM attack on management console users.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11077
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 6.0.9, 6.1.10.