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CVE-2020-5425

User Impersonation possible in Tanzu SSO

Published: Oct 31, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-287

Description

Single Sign-On for Vmware Tanzu all versions prior to 1.11.3 ,1.12.x versions prior to 1.12.4 and 1.13.x prior to 1.13.1 are vulnerable to user impersonation attack.If two users are logged in to the SSO operator dashboard at the same time, with the same username, from two different identity providers, one can acquire the token of the other and thus operate with their permissions. Note: Foundation may be vulnerable only if: 1) The system zone is set up to use a SAML identity provider 2) There are internal users that have the same username as users in the external SAML provider 3) Those duplicate-named users have the scope to access the SSO operator dashboard 4) The vulnerability doesn't appear with LDAP because of chained authentication.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:RS:CC:LI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

Affected Products

vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc
vmware tanzucommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka tanzu

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

Timeline

Published
Oct 31, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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