CVE-2021-21972

Description

The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server. This affects VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2 and 3.x before 3.10.1.2).

Severity scores

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• 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

• Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

Timeline

1. 24 Feb 2021 Published
2. 3 Nov 2021 CVE-2021-21972 added to CISA KEV
3. 3 Nov 2021 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

• CWE-22

References

• www.vmware.comx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comx_refsource_MISC