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CVE-2021-21975
published 2021-03-31

CVE-2021-21975: Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize…

PriorityP193high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
KEVITWEXPLOITRansomwareInitial access
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2022-02-01
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
78.29%
99.5th percentile
Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can perform a Server Side Request Forgery attack to steal administrative credentials.

Affected

27 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarecloud_foundation
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_operations_manager
vmwarevrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager
vmwarevrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path/casa/nodes/thumbprints
commandPOST /casa/nodes/thumbprints HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 ["127.0.0.1:443/ui/"]
  • Detect SSRF exploitation attempts by monitoring POST requests to /casa/nodes/thumbprints with a JSON body containing internal/loopback IP addresses (e.g., 127.0.0.1).
  • Successful SSRF exploitation response body will contain the strings 'vRealize Operations Manager', 'thumbprint', and 'address' with HTTP 200 status — use these as detection signatures.
  • Monitor for unauthenticated POST requests to /casa/nodes/thumbprints followed by authenticated POST requests to /casa/private/config/slice/ha/certificate, which indicates chained CVE-2021-21975 + CVE-2021-21983 exploitation leading to RCE.
  • Code execution from the chained exploit occurs as the 'admin' Unix user — alert on unexpected process spawning or file writes by the 'admin' user on vROps hosts.
  • ·Version 8.3.0 is vulnerable to the SSRF (CVE-2021-21975) but credential theft is not exploitable, so the Metasploit chained RCE module does not support it.
  • ·A temporary workaround (not a fix) involves modifying the casa-security-context.xml file and restarting the Cluster Analytic (CaSA) service; this must be replaced by patching.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vulncheck7.5HIGH
cisa7.5HIGH
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