Description
The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).
Published: 2021-09-22
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-9162 The vCenter Server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles session tokens. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access on vCenter Server host may exploit this issue to escalate privileges to Administrator on the vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash).
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Vmware Cloud Foundation Vcenter Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:23.658Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-21991

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-22T19:15:09.093

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:23.853

Link: CVE-2021-21991

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