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CVE-2021-22005

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service.

Published
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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

VMware vCenter Server is affected by a flaw in its Analytics service that lets an attacker who can reach it over the network upload arbitrary files. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to run code on the vCenter Server host.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on vCenter Server by uploading a specially crafted file.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

    VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c and 6.7 before 6.7 U3o) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)

References 2

vmware.com

packetstormsecurity.com