Is CVE-2020-3956 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-3956 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-3956?

CVE-2020-3956 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-3956?

CVE-2020-3956 has an EPSS score of 21.10% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3956?

Upgrade vcloud director to 9.1.0.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-3956

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Cloud Director 10.0.x before 10.0.0.2, 9.7.0.x before 9.7.0.5, 9.5.0.x before 9.5.0.6, and 9.1.0.x before 9.1.0.4 do not properly handle input leading to a code injection vulnerability. An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution. This vulnerability can be exploited through the HTML5- and Flex-based UIs, the API Explorer interface and API access.

CWE-917

How to fix

Remediation Available

vcloud directorNVD

Affected:>= 9.1.0.0, < 9.1.0.4Fixed in:9.1.0.4CVE-2020-3956derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

21.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit3

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.