Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-21985 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in VMWare Vcenter Server 6.5/6.7/7.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163487/VMware-vCenter-Server-Virtual-SAN-Health-Check-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163487/VMware-vCenter-Server-Virtual-SAN-Health-Check-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html