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CVE-2019-5534

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

VMware vCenter Server (6.7.x prior to 6.7 U3, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3 and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contains an information disclosure vulnerability where Virtual Machines deployed from an OVF could expose login information via the virtual machine's vAppConfig properties. A malicious actor with access to query the vAppConfig properties of a virtual machine deployed from an OVF may be able to view the credentials used to deploy the OVF (typically the root account of the virtual machine).

Affected products

• VMware vCenter Server: 6.0, 6.0-a, 6.0-b, 6.0-u1, 6.0-u1b, 6.0-u3 (+38)
• VMware vCenter Server: from 6.7 prior through 6.7 U3; from 6.5 prior through 6.5 U3; from 6.0 prior through 6.0 U3j

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html

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