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CVE-2020-3952

Under certain conditions, vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
December 30, 2019
Published Date
April 10, 2020
Last Updated
October 21, 2025
Vendor
VMware
Product
VMware vCenter Server
Description
Under certain conditions, vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not correctly implement access controls.
Tags
cisa nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

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

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0006 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157896/VMware-vCenter-Server-6.7-Authentication-Bypass.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-3952.yaml 2026-06-01 15:34:29 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

gelim/CVE-2020-3952

Type: github • Created: 2020-04-17 12:39:31 UTC • Stars: 1

VMWare vmdir missing access control exploit checker

bb33bb/CVE-2020-3952

Type: github • Created: 2020-04-16 01:39:33 UTC • Stars: 6

Working Exploit PoC for VMWare vCenter Server (CVE-2020-3952) - Reverse Bind Shell

chronoloper/CVE-2020-3952

Type: github • Created: 2020-04-15 00:51:21 UTC • Stars: 4

Vuln Check

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei