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).
References
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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2021-09-22 12:15
Updated : 2022-07-12 10:42
NVD link : CVE-2021-21991
Mitre link : CVE-2021-21991
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CWE
Products Affected
vmware
- cloud_foundation
- vcenter_server