CVE-2021-22018 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non critical files.

Published: 2021-09-23

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware vCenter Server 7.x before 7.0.2 U2d and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.3.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9187	The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non critical files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00375.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Cloud Foundation Vcenter Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2021-09-23T12:16:31.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:23.933Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-22018

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-23T13:15:08.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:26.927

Link: CVE-2021-22018

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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