6.5

CVE-2020-5406: pivotal vmware tanzu application service for vms Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 10-04-2020Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-5406 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in pivotal vmware tanzu application service for vms. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-04-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs, 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.18, 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.11, and 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.5, includes a version of PCF Autoscaling that writes database connection properties to its log, including database username and password. A malicious user with access to those logs may gain unauthorized access to the database being used by Autoscaling.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.01% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pivotal1 product
Vmware1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links