id: CVE-2021-21972 info: name: VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) - Remote Code Execution author: dwisiswant0 severity: critical description: VMware vCenter vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server. This affects VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2 and 3.x before 3.10.1.2). impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. remediation: | Apply the necessary security patches or updates provided by VMware to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/unauth-rce-vmware/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21972 - https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161590/VMware-vCenter-Server-7.0-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html - https://github.com/NS-Sp4ce/CVE-2021-21972 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2021-21972 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.97299 epss-percentile: 0.99858 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: vmware product: cloud_foundation tags: cve2021,cve,vmware,rce,vcenter,kev,packetstorm http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/ui/vropspluginui/rest/services/getstatus" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: header words: - "VSPHERE-UI-JSESSIONID" condition: and - type: regex part: body regex: - "(Install|Config) Final Progress" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a004730450221008a71fb56cbbb561d1194e28bd9f8f4a0ca7d026f85ac836e16e922235866c4db0220094b2f806b8a6ddfe8ec4c90b89c3d4b478f62b58ddd6e652f8bfca2c3c211e9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950