cve-2021-22015
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-23 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 18:30
Severity ?
Summary
The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to improper permissions of files and directories. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privilege may exploit these issues to elevate their privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.
References
security@vmware.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170116/VMware-vCenter-vScalation-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170116/VMware-vCenter-vScalation-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation Version: VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and 6.5 before 6.5 U3q) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)
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