Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2021-21972 | First vendor Publication | 2021-02-24 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2025-04-02 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | 9.8 | ||
| Base Score | 9.8 | Environmental Score | 9.8 |
| impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 9.8 |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | 3.9 | ||
| Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| 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). |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21972 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-22 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
SAINT Exploits
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| VMware VCenter Server file upload | More info here |
Metasploit Database
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2021-02-23 | VMware vCenter Server Unauthenticated OVA File Upload RCE |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2025-05-27 01:39:16 |
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| 2025-02-04 21:21:36 |
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| 2024-11-28 13:52:19 |
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| 2024-02-13 21:27:52 |
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| 2023-08-09 17:28:42 |
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| 2022-12-17 01:58:48 |
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| 2022-12-16 01:55:48 |
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| 2022-07-13 17:27:51 |
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| 2022-04-09 01:55:01 |
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| 2022-01-08 01:46:22 |
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| 2021-11-30 12:49:14 |
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| 2021-09-08 05:22:59 |
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| 2021-08-24 17:23:02 |
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| 2021-06-26 01:40:07 |
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| 2021-06-26 01:39:09 |
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| 2021-06-25 21:23:15 |
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| 2021-06-25 00:22:58 |
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| 2021-05-04 14:08:19 |
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| 2021-04-22 03:13:30 |
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| 2021-04-06 01:35:33 |
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| 2021-03-26 13:23:03 |
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| 2021-03-26 12:38:03 |
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