PT-2021-4317 · Vmware · Vmware Vsphere Life-Cycle Manager+3

Sergey Gerasimov · Published 2021-09-22 · Updated 2021-09-30 · CVE-2021-22018

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vCenter Server versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in privilege management in the VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager module of the VMware vCenter Server virtual infrastructure management tool, which is part of the VMware Cloud Foundation virtualization platform. This can allow a remote attacker to delete arbitrary files. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non-critical files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-04926

CVE-2021-22018

ZDI-21-1105

Affected Products

Vmware Vcenter

Vmware Cloud Foundation

Vmware Vcenter Server

Vmware Vsphere Life-Cycle Manager

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1105 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04926 · Security Note
• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22018 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21697 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021092118 · Note