CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-3956
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-05-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-917
Description
VMware Cloud Director 10.0.x before 10.0.0.2, 9.7.0.x before 9.7.0.5, 9.5.0.x before 9.5.0.6, and 9.1.0.x before 9.1.0.4 do not properly handle input leading to a code injection vulnerability. An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution. This vulnerability can be exploited through the HTML5- and Flex-based UIs, the API Explorer interface and API access.
Affected configurations
• vmware vcloud director (>= 9.5.0.0 < 9.5.0.6)
• vmware vcloud director (>= 9.7.0.0 < 9.7.0.5)
• vmware vcloud director (>= 10.0.0.0 < 10.0.0.2)
• vmware vcloud director (>= 9.1.0.0 < 9.1.0.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-917 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157909/vCloud-Director-9.7.0.15498291-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://citadelo.com/en/blog/full-infrastructure-takeover-of-vmware-cloud-director-CVE-2020-3956/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aaronsvk/CVE-2020-3956 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0010.html Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157909/vCloud-Director-9.7.0.15498291-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://citadelo.com/en/blog/full-infrastructure-takeover-of-vmware-cloud-director-CVE-2020-3956/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aaronsvk/CVE-2020-3956 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0010.html Vendor Advisory