CVE-2021-21972
published 2021-02-24CVE-2021-21972: 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…
critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
KEVITWEXPLOIT
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2021-11-17
Exploited in the wild
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).
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | cloud_foundation | >= 3.0 < 3.10.1.2 | 3.10.1.2 |
| vmware | cloud_foundation | >= 4.0 < 4.2 | 4.2 |
| vmware | vcenter_server | — | — |
| vmware | vcenter_server | — | — |
| vmware | vcenter_server | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vulncheck9.8CRITICAL
cisa9.8CRITICAL