CVE-2021-22014

Severity

72%

Complexity

12%

Confidentiality

98%

The vCenter Server contains an authenticated code execution vulnerability in VAMI (Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure). An authenticated VAMI user with network access to port 5480 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 3 years ago

2021-09-23 12:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-09-27 14:20:00

Affected Software

VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware VCenter Server 6.5

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7

6.7

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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