CVE-2021-21991
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-21991 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2021-09-22 19:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC |
| Description | 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). |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Vmware | Cloud Foundation | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | - | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | c | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | e | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | f | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update1 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update1b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update1c | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update1d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update1e | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update1g | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update2 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update2b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update2c | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update2d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update2g | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update3 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update3d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update3f | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update3k | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update3n | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.5 | update3p | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | - | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update1 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update1b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update2 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update2a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update2c | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3f | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3g | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3j | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3l | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3m | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 6.7 | update3n | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | - | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | b | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | c | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update1 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update1a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update1c | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update1d | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update2 | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update2a | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Vcenter Server | 7.0 | update2b | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMSA-2021-0020 | MISC | www.vmware.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.