CVE-2021-21985

CRITICAL9.8

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

Published May 26, 2021

Modified 5 months ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html

WEB

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163487/VMware-vCenter-Server-Virtual-SAN-Health-Check-Remote-Code-Execution.html

WEB

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21985

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21985

WEB

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html

CVSS Analysis