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CVE-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 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).

Published

2021-02-24T17:15:15.833

Last Modified

2025-04-02T21:07:42.113

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-22
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-22
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware cloud_foundation < 3.10.1.2 Yes
Application vmware cloud_foundation < 4.2 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.5 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 6.7 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
Application vmware vcenter_server 7.0 Yes
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