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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.","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...","2020-05-20T14:15:11.61","2021-12-13T19:07:03.17",8.8,"CVSS:3.1\u002FAV:N\u002FAC:L\u002FPR:L\u002FUI:N\u002FS:U\u002FC:H\u002FI:H\u002FA:H",{"CVSSMetricV31":15,"CVSSMetricV30":26,"CVSSMetricV2":29,"CVSSMetricV40":26},[16],{"Source":17,"Type":18,"CVSSData":19,"ExploitabilityScore":27,"ImpactScore":28},"nvd@nist.gov","Primary",{"Version":20,"VectorString":13,"AttackVector":21,"AttackComplexity":22,"PrivilegesRequired":22,"UserInteraction":23,"Scope":24,"ConfidentialityImpact":25,"IntegrityImpact":25,"AvailabilityImpact":25,"BaseScore":12,"BaseSeverity":25,"ExploitCodeMaturity":26,"RemediationLevel":26,"ReportConfidence":26,"TemporalScore":26,"TemporalSeverity":26,"ConfidentialityRequirement":26,"IntegrityRequirement":26,"AvailabilityRequirement":25,"ModifiedAttackVector":26,"ModifiedAttackComplexity":26,"ModifiedPrivilegesRequired":26,"ModifiedUserInteraction":26,"ModifiedScope":26,"ModifiedConfidentialityImpact":26,"ModifiedIntegrityImpact":26,"ModifiedAvailabilityImpact":26,"EnvironmentalScore":26,"EnvironmentalSeverity":26},"3.1","NETWORK","LOW","NONE","UNCHANGED","HIGH",null,2.8,5.9,[30],{"Source":17,"Type":18,"CVSSData":31,"BaseSeverity":37,"ExploitabilityScore":38,"ImpactScore":39,"ACInsufInfo":26,"ObtainAllPrivilege":26,"ObtainUserPrivilege":26,"ObtainOtherPrivilege":26,"UserInteractionRequired":26},{"Version":32,"VectorString":33,"AccessVector":21,"AccessComplexity":22,"Authentication":34,"ConfidentialityImpact":35,"IntegrityImpact":35,"AvailabilityImpact":35,"BaseScore":36,"BaseSeverity":26,"Exploitability":26,"RemediationLevel":26,"ReportConfidence":26,"TemporalScore":26,"CollateralDamagePotential":26,"TargetDistribution":26,"ConfidentialityRequirement":26,"IntegrityRequirement":26,"AvailabilityRequirement":26,"EnvironmentalScore":26},"2.0","AV:N\u002FAC:L\u002FAu:S\u002FC:P\u002FI:P\u002FA:P","SINGLE","PARTIAL",6.5,"MEDIUM",8,6.4,0.211,[40,40,40,40,40,40,40],"High",[44,49,54],{"vendor":45,"product":46,"version":47,"criteria":48,"vulnerable":4},"vmware","vcloud_director","*","cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcloud_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",{"vendor":50,"product":51,"version":52,"criteria":53,"vulnerable":4},"linux","linux_kernel","-","cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",{"vendor":45,"product":55,"version":52,"criteria":56,"vulnerable":4},"photon_os","cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",3,[59,66,70,74],{"url":60,"source":61,"tags":62},"http:\u002F\u002Fpacketstormsecurity.com\u002Ffiles\u002F157909\u002FvCloud-Director-9.7.0.15498291-Remote-Code-Execution.html","Packetstormsecurity",[63,64,65],"Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry",{"url":67,"source":68,"tags":69},"https:\u002F\u002Fcitadelo.com\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Ffull-infrastructure-takeover-of-vmware-cloud-director-CVE-2020-3956\u002F","Citadelo",[63,64],{"url":71,"source":72,"tags":73},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Faaronsvk\u002FCVE-2020-3956","GitHub",[63,64],{"url":75,"source":76,"tags":77},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vmware.com\u002Fsecurity\u002Fadvisories\u002FVMSA-2020-0010.html","Vmware",[78],"Vendor Advisory",4,[81],{"id":82,"name":83,"description":84,"extendedDescription":85,"status":86,"abstraction":87,"structure":88},"CWE-917","Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')","The product constructs all or part of an expression language (EL) statement in a framework such as a Java Server Page (JSP) using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended EL statement before it is executed.","Frameworks such as Java Server Page (JSP) allow a developer to insert executable expressions within otherwise-static content. 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