The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
12 Jul 2022, 17:42
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CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo |
05 Oct 2021, 18:29
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 4.6
v3 : 7.8 |
CWE | CWE-269 | |
References | (MISC) https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
CPE | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3f:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3j:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3l:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2g:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3p:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3n:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1e:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1g:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3k:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3n:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3g:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3m:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3f:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
22 Sep 2021, 19:15
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2021-09-22 19:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08
NVD link : CVE-2021-21991
Mitre link : CVE-2021-21991
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-21991
JSON object : View
Products Affected
vmware
- cloud_foundation
- vcenter_server
CWE