CVE-2021-22015

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 23, 2021
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Jan 4, 2021

Description

The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to improper permissions of files and directories. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privilege may exploit these issues to elevate their privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundationn/a	VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and 6.5 before 6.5 U3q) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)Affected

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170116/VMware-vCenter-vScalation-Privilege-Escalation.html

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