Vulnerability in VMware Vsphere Data Protection
CVE-2014-4632
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, 5.5 before 5.5.9, and 5.8 before 5.8.1 and the proxy client in EMC Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) 6.x and 7.0.x do not properly verify X.509 certificates from vCenter Server SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, and bypass intended backup and restore access restrictions, via a crafted certificate.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Vsphere Data Protection — versions 5.1, 5.5.1, 5.5.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0002.html (Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2015-01/0154.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100866 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031664 (vdb-entry)