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CVE-2021-22015

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CVE-2021-22015

Published: Sep 23, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to improper permissions of files and directories. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privilege may exploit these issues to elevate their privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.

VendorProductVersions

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)

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