Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2021-21972

TLP:CLEAR

VMware vCenter Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

VMware vCenter Server vSphere Client contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin which allows an attacker with network access to port 443 to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system.

Facts

  • Vendor: VMware
  • Product: vCenter Server
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 99.9 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 3 November 2021
  • First known exploitation: 3 November 2021
  • Used in ransomware campaigns (per CISA): Yes
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 17 November 2021
  • Weakness: CWE-23
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 3 November 2021

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD