CVE-2021-21972

critical

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).

References

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/anatomy-of-alpha-spider-ransomware/

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/a-look-inside-the-ransomware-ecosystem

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa22-117a

https://www.tenable.com/blog/contileaks-chats-reveal-over-30-vulnerabilities-used-by-conti-ransomware-affiliates

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2021-threat-landscape-retrospective

https://www.fortiguard.com/threat-signal-report/4295

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2021-21972-vmware-vcenter-server-remote-code-execution-vulnerability

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-02-24

Updated: 2024-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical