Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in vCenter Server - CVE-2021-22018
Published: September 21, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56807
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22018
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server
vCenter Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to delete arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to port 9087/TCP and delete non critical files.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-22018
Install updates from vendor's website.