Cleartext storage of sensitive information in vCenter Server - CVE-2019-5532
Published: September 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21148
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5532
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server
vCenter Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to VMware vCenter Server logs user credentials of guest operating system in plain text when deployed through OVF. A local user of the host operating system is able to read log files and gain superuser credentials of deployed guest operating systems.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5532
Install updates from vendor's website.