Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - CVE-2020-5414

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - CVE-2020-5414

Published: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32994
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5414
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the App Autoscaler logs the UAA admin password. A remote authenticated attacker can gain administrative privileges on the target system.


Affected software

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2020-5414

Install updates from vendor's website.

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs - addressed in versions 2.7.19, 2.8.13, 2.9.7
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.7.15, 2.8.6, 2.9.1

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