CVE-2021-21980

Summary

CVECVE-2021-21980
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-24 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionThe vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash) contains an unauthorized arbitrary file read vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to gain access to sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.0 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_1c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_1d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_1e All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_1g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_2b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_2d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_2g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3f All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3k All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3n All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3p All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update_3q All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_2a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3f All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3j All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3l All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3m All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3n All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update_3o All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2021-0027 MISC www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 216270 VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Update 6.7 U3P (VMSA-2021-0027)
  • 216271 VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update 6.5 U3R (VMSA-2021-0027)
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