CVE-2019-5532 Information disclosure in vCenter Server

What is CVE-2019-5532?

CVE-2019-5532 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 18 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware vCenter Server (6.7.x prior to 6.7 U3, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3 and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of credentials in plain-text for virtual machines deployed through OVF. A malicious user with access to the log files containing vCenter OVF-properties of a virtual machine deployed from an OVF may be able to view the credentials used to deploy the OVF (typically the root account of the virtual machine).

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5532?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5532?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5532 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-5532 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-3952 VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22017 VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control Exploited Medium 5.3
• CVE-2015-2342 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0

All Vmware Vcenter Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4v8m-3x8w-h83j.