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CVE-2021-22048

Published: Nov 10, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

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Description

The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) authentication mechanism. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to elevate privileges to a higher privileged group.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation	affected `VMware vCenter Server(7.0 and 6.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x and 3.x)`

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0025.html

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167733/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0025.2.html

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167795/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0025.3.html

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