CVE-2020-5406 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-5406

PCF Autoscaling logs its database credentials

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Vulnerable Versions:
2.8.x, 2.7.x, 2.6.x

Timeline

Official Publish: April 10th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-522

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
Credential Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation