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CNVD-2021-12322

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2021-02-24

Title

VMware vCenter Server远程代码执行漏洞

Description

VMware vCenterServer 提供了一个可伸缩、可扩展的平台，可集中管理 VMware vSphere 环境，并能实现资源优化分配和插件扩展。 VMware vCenter Server远程代码执行漏洞，攻击者可利用该漏洞向目标443端口发送恶意构造请求，可以在承载vCenter Server的底层操作系统上执行任意代码。

Severity

高

Patch Name

VMware vCenter Server远程代码执行漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

目前，VMware官方已发布补丁修复此漏洞，CNVD建议用户立即升级至最新版本： https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-00

Reference

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

Impacted products

Name
['VMWare VMware vCenter Server 6.5', 'VMWare VMware vCenter Server 6.7', 'VMWare VMware vCenter Server 7.0']

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CVE-2021-21972 (GCVE-0-2021-21972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-24 16:42 – Updated: 2026-08-12 03:55

Summary

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).

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2021-02-23 00:00 UTC

CWE

Remote code execution vulnerability
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161590/VMwar…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161695/VMwar…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163268/VMwar…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	VMware vCenter Server	Affected: 7.x before 7.0 U1c Affected: 6.7 before 6.7 U3l Affected: 6.5 before 6.5 U3n
n/a	VMware Cloud Foundation	Affected: 4.x before 4.2 Affected: 3.x before 3.10.1.2

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