CVE-2020-3993 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting VMware NSX-T Data Center and Cloud Foundation versions, where a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacker can compromise a KVM transport node during package download and installation from NSX Manager. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on integrity, but high attack complexity and no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, including a SecurityWeek article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:vmware_nsx-t_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:vmware_nsx-t_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0, < 3.10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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