CVE-2020-3977

Published: Sep 22, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

VMware Horizon DaaS (7.x and 8.x before 8.0.1 Update 1) contains a broken authentication vulnerability due to a flaw in the way it handled the first factor authentication. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to bypass two-factor authentication process. In order to exploit this issue, an attacker must have a legitimate account on Horizon DaaS.

Affected (2)

Products: Vmware: Horizon Daas

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Horizon Daas	From 8.0.0 to 8.0.1
Vmware Horizon Daas	Version 7.0.0

Related CWEs

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

References (2)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0021.html

Source: security@vmware.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0021.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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