CVE-2021-21972
CVE-2021-21972: 1 tracked advisory record across VMware. CISA KEV listed; exploitation observed. Compare vendor sources.
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Advisory [CVE-2021-21972] VMware vCenter Server: The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin
CVE-2021-21972Source published Source updated
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).
- Affected products in this advisory
- VMware vCenter Server
- VMware Cloud Foundation
- Source-reported affected versions
- VMware vCenter Server 7.x before 7.0 U1c
- VMware vCenter Server 6.7 before 6.7 U3l
- VMware vCenter Server 6.5 before 6.5 U3n
- VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.2
1 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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