CVE-2021-21972 in vmware cloud foundation
LogPulse has a published detection rule for this CVE: it raises a notable when someone tries to exploit it.
What the vulnerability is
The 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).
Affected software: vmware cloud foundation, vmware vcenter server
Scores
- CVSS: 9.8 (critical)
- EPSS: 99.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Known exploited, listed 2021-11-03, used in ransomware
- Published: 2021-02-24
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: Yes, published
- Agent check (vulnerable version): No
- Mitigation: No
Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.
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