Medium severity · published Aug 21, 2020
CVE-2020-3976
VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services
5.3
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; +34 more · source: NVD
VS
vCenter Server · VMware
6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; +31 more · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
3.0 before 3.10; 4.0 before 4.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3976
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3976
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0018.html
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