CVE-2021-21991

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 Serve...

VMware Warns of Ransomware-Friendly Bug in vCenter Server

VMware has released a security update that includes patches for 19 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities that affect the company’s vCenter Server virtualization management platform and its hybrid Cloud Foundation platform for managing VMs and orchestrating containers. They’re all serious, but one –...

Drop everything and patch VMware’s vCenter Server Vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Green. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. VMware has issued patches for 19 new vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-22005 is the worst of the lot, defined as "an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service" of the vCenter Server. An attacker with network acce...

Patch vCenter Server “right now”, VMWare expects CVE-2021-22005 exploitation within minutes of disclosure

VMware is urging users of vCenter server to patch no fewer than 19 problems affecting its products. These updates fix a variety of security vulnerabilities, but and one of them is particularly nasty. That would be CVE-2021-22005, a critical file upload vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 out o...

VMware Warns of Critical File Upload Vulnerability Affecting vCenter Server

VMware on Tuesday published a new bulletin warning of as many as 19 vulnerabilities in vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation appliances that a remote attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The most urgent among them is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance Service Lifecycle Manager Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists withi...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance External Control of File Path Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of jsonrpc messages. A crafted request can...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance External Control of File Path Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of jsonrpc messages. A crafted request can...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance Missing Authentication Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of jsonrpc messages. The issue results from the lac...

VMware vCenter Server < 7.0 U2c Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2021-0020)

The version of VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is 7.0 prior to 7.0 U2c. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in the analytics service of vSphere Server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance Update Manager Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Update Manager. The issue results from the lack of proper validation...

VMware vCenter Server < 6.5 U3q Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2021-0020)

The version of VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3q. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in vCenter Server due to the way it handles session tokens. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit...

PT-2021-4311 · Vmware · Vcenter Server Appliance +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: vCenter Server Appliance affected versions not specified Description: The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation issues due to improper permissions of files and directories. An authenticated local user with...

VMware vCenter Server Appliance External Control of File Path Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw...

VMware vCenter Server < 7.0 U2d Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2021-0020)

The version of VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is prior to 7.0 U2d. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An unauthenticated API endpoint vulnerability exists in the vCenter Server Content Library. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to...

Critical vCenter Server File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2021-22005)

See the Updates section at the end of this post for new information as it comes to light, including reports of exploitation. Description On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, VMware published security advisory VMSA-2021-0020, which includes details on CVE-2021-22005, a critical file upload vulnerabilit...

Vmware VMware vCenter Server 授权问题漏洞

Vmware VMware vCenter Server is a suite of server and virtualization management software from Vmware, Inc. The software provides a centralized platform for managing VMware vSphere environments, automating the implementation and delivery of virtual infrastructure. vmware vCenter Server is vulnerab...

Vmware VMware vCenter Server 代码问题漏洞

Vmware VMware vCenter Server is a suite of server and virtualization management software from Vmware, Inc. The software provides a centralized platform for managing VMware vSphere environments, automating the implementation and delivery of virtual infrastructures. vCenter Server is vulnerable to...

VMware vCenter Server 资源管理错误漏洞

VMware vCenter Server is a suite of server and virtualization management software from VMware. The software provides a centralized platform for managing VMware vSphere environments, automating the implementation and delivery of virtual infrastructures. A resource management error vulnerability...