CVE-2014-4632
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, 5.5 before 5.5.9, and 5.8 before 5.8.1 and the proxy client in EMC Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) 6.x and 7.0.x do not properly verify X.509 certificates from vCenter Server SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, and bypass intended backup and restore access restrictions, via a crafted certificate.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (50th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4558)
- Published
- February 1, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4558 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / vsphere data protection
- vmware / vsphere data protection
- vmware / vsphere data protection
- vmware / vsphere data protection
- vmware / vsphere data protection
- vmware / vsphere data protection
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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