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CVE-2021-21991
Published: Sep 22, 2021
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
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).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation | affected VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and 6.5 before 6.5 U3q) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2) |
References
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html
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