VMware vSphere Data Protection Local Storage vCenter Server Credentials Vulnerability

VMware vSphere Data Protection VDP is a disk-based backup and recovery solution from VMware. Integrated with VMware vCenter Server, the server and virtualization management software, the solution can be used to centrally manage backup jobs while storing backup files in deduplicated target storage...

PT-2017-16201

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vSphere Data Protection versions 5.5.x through 6.1.x Description The issue allows plaintext credentials to be obtained because VMware vSphere Data Protection locally stores vCenter Server credentials using reversible encryption...