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CNVD-2021-37150

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2021-05-26

Title

VMware vCenter Server远程代码执行漏洞（CNVD-2021-37150）

Description

Vmware VMware vCenter Server是美国威睿（Vmware）公司的一套服务器和虚拟化管理软件。 VMware vCenter Server存在远程代码执行漏洞。该漏洞是由于缺乏对vCenter Server默认启用的运行状况检查插件vSAN进行正确的输入验证，未经身份验证的攻击者利用该漏洞通过向目标主机端口发送恶意构造请求，在目标系统上执行任意代码，获得目标服务器的权限。

Severity

高

Patch Name

VMware vCenter Server远程代码执行漏洞（CNVD-2021-37150）的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

VMware公司已发布新版本修复上述漏洞，建议用户立即升级至最新版本： https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html

Reference

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html

Impacted products

Name
['VMware vCenter Server 5.5', 'VMWare vCenter Server 7.0', 'VMWare vCenter Server 6.7', 'VMWare Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 4.', 'VMWare Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 3.']

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CVE-2021-21985 (GCVE-0-2021-21985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-26 14:04 – Updated: 2026-08-12 03:55

Summary

The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. 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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2021-05-26 00:00 UTC

CWE

Remote code execution vulnerability
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
CWE-470 - Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')
CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMwar…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163487/VMwar…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation	Affected: VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U2b, 6.7 before 6.7 U3n, 6.5 before 6.5 U3p) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2.1, 3.x before 3.10.2.1)

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CVE-2021-21985 (GCVE-0-2021-21985)

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