CVE-2014-4632

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP): 5.1, 5.5.1, 5.5.6, 5.5.7, 5.5.8, 5.8.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2015-01/0154.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031664
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0002.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100866
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2015-01/0154.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031664
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0002.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100866

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